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merely

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mere·ly  (mîrl)
adv.
And nothing else or more; only: merely a flesh wound.
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Adv.1.merely - and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
but, just, only, simply
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Spanish merely [ˈmɪəlɪ] adv → simplemente, sólo
French merely [ˈmɪəlɪ] mere adv → simplement, purement
German merely [ˈmɪəlɪ] mere adv → lediglich, bloß
Italian merely [ˈmɪəlɪ] adv → semplicemente, non ... che
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A student should not form his judgments merely from what is technically called the
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
There was naught for Paul of Merely to do but draw his own weapon, in self-defense, for the sharp point of the boy's sword was flashing in and out against his unprotected body, inflicting painful little jabs, and the boy's tongue was murmuring low-toned taunts and insults as it invited him to draw and defend himself or be stuck "like the English pig you are.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
If they continued to sing like their great predecessor of romantic themes, they were drawn as by a kind of magnetic attraction into the Homeric style and manner of treatment, and became mere echoes of the Homeric voice: in a word, Homer had so completely exhausted the epic genre, that after him further efforts were doomed to be merely conventional.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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