Merely

Word MERELY
Character 6
Hyphenation mere ly
Pronunciations /ˈmɪəli/

Definitions and meanings of "Merely"

What do we mean by merely?

And nothing else or more; only. adverb

Absolutely; wholly; completely; utterly.

Simply; solely; only.

Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. adverb

Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. adverb

And nothing more adverb

Wholly, entirely.

(focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Merely

The word "merely" in example sentences

The husband and father fell dead in the street before our eyes, -- and those who picked him up said he was drunk, but it turned out that he was merely starved, -- _merely_! ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)

Externals, things wholly extraneous of the man, steal upon the hearts and judgments of almost, if not altogether, all mankind; nor do I know more than one instance of a man who fully regards all the world as a stage and all the men and women merely players, and who (the dancing-school bow excepted) only values these players, the _dramatis personæ_ who build cities and who rear hedges, who govern provinces or superintend flocks, _merely as they act their parts_. ❋ Robert Burns (1777)

My suspicion is that the label merely wanted an album that large numbers of people might like, and they did not think such a desire precluded the band from making an album that was valid. ❋ Chuck Klosterman (2010)

After viewing, I concluded that the title merely indicated "cracks" in the sanity of some of the film's characters -- but a crack is a slang term in the original South African where the novel was set vernacular. ❋ Melody Breyer-Grell (2011)

It also suggests that the question may be a confusing one -- perhaps respondents think that the question of who to trust to "handle" Iraq merely translates as, "presuming we're staying, who do you trust to continue the fight best?" ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Next Right's Patrick Ruffini warns the GOP that if it concludes that President-Elect Barack Obama earned the title merely by pushing the right levers on the Internet, "they will draw the wrong lessons from this year;" Where does Chris Hughes fit into an Obama administration?, tweets NYU's Jay Rosen. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The First Internet Election: The Next Right's Patrick Ruffini warns the GOP that if it concludes that President-Elect Barack Obama earned the title merely by pushing the right levers on the Internet, "they will draw the wrong lessons from this year." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Out of curiosity, I checked the original Hebrew of Exodus 10:5 to see whether anything in the Hebrew necessitated "cannot be able to" -- however, the Hebrew phrase in question merely translates as "will not be able to": ❋ DC (2008)

The First Internet Election: The Next Right's Patrick Ruffini warns the GOP that if it concludes that President-elect Barack Obama earned the title merely by pushing the right levers on the Internet, "they will draw the wrong lessons from this year." ❋ Scola, Nancy (2008)

Besides, the town had been abuzz with his name merely because he was back in residence nearby. ❋ JOHANNA LINDSEY (2005)

Spirit transcends our understanding, and we use the term merely that we may think or speak of THE ALL. ❋ Three Initiates (N/A)

Turks or Moors, and Hājji Khalīfa records the title merely as used by ❋ Stanley Lane-Poole (N/A)

The British Freemason does not, of course, interpret the theory in this manner; he cannot seriously regard himself as the brother of the Bambute pygmy or the Polynesian cannibal, thus he uses the term merely in a vague and theoretical sense. ❋ Nesta H. Webster (1918)

In the section on jihad, the course informs readers that the word merely means "struggle" in Arabic -- this is something White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has sought to remind the public of in the past. ❋ Judson Berger (2011)

The term merely refers to the fact that the inflections (endings attached to a base to signify meaning) actually had been depicted on a graph to show how the patterns fell progressively from the Nominative through the Locative. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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