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merely

[ meer-lee ]

adverb

  1. only as specified and nothing more; simply:

    merely a matter of form.

  2. Obsolete.
    1. without admixture; purely.
    2. altogether; entirely.


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/ ˈɪəɪ /

adverb

  1. only; nothing more than
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of merely1

First recorded in 1400–50, merely is from the late Middle English word mereli. See mere 1, -ly
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Because he got his way, Attorney General Bondi can now mobilize the resources of the federal government to send reporters to jail merely for doing their job.

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Funding cuts could merely hobble the lab’s staff and prevent the model from ever being advanced, or its operations could be shut down entirely, the responsibility perhaps passed on to another agency’s models.

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He is no longer merely Madrid's star - he has become its standard.

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The judiciary should not accept incoherent justifications merely because they originate from the White House.

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Over decades, and especially the past few years, individual pieces of research have gradually identified a host of different brain cell types, upending our simple image of the brain as merely a very powerful computer.

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