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merely

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mere·ly  (mîrl)
adv.
And nothing else or more; only: merely a flesh wound.

merely [ˈmɪəlɪ]
adv
only; nothing more than
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"

merely
adverb only, but, just, simply, entirely, purely, solely He was far from being merely a furniture expert.
Translations
merely [ˈmɪəlɪ] ADVsimplemente, solamente
she's merely a secretaryes simplemente or solamente una secretaria, no es más que una secretaria
I was merely suggesting thatestaba simplemente or solamente sugiriendo que ...
this merely aggravates the problemesto lo único que hace es agravar el problema
I merely said thatsólo dije que ..., lo único que dije era que ...
she merely shruggedella se limitó a encogerse de hombros
she merely smiledsonrió nada más, se limitó a sonreír
merely [ˈmɪərli] adv (= only) to do sth merely because ... → ne faire qch que parce que ...
We accept these ideas merely because they have never been challenged → Nous n'acceptons ces idées que parce qu'elles n'ont jamais été mises en question.
to constitute merely ... [+ part, percentage] → ne représenter que ...
The brain constitutes merely three per cent of body weight → Le cerveau ne représente que trois pour cent du poids du corps.
to be merely ... (= just) → n'être que ...
He's merely a good friend → Ce n'est qu'un bon ami.
He was far from being merely a furniture expert → Il était loin de n'être qu'un expert en meuble.
January was merely a month away → Janvier n'était que dans un mois.
not merely ... but ... → pas simplement ... mais ...
His were not merely crimes of theft but of violence against elderly people → Ses crimes n'étaient pas simplement des larcins mais des actes de violence envers des personnes âgées.
merely
advlediglich, bloß; it’s not merely broken, it’s ruinedes ist nicht bloß kaputt, es ist völlig ruiniert
merely [ˈmɪəlɪ] advsoltanto, semplicemente, non... che
merely [ˈmɪəlɪ] advsoltanto, semplicemente, non... che


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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.
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.
 
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