Meaning of MERELY
| Pronunciation: | | 'meerlee
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| | Definition: | | [adv] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | but, just, only, simply |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mere"ly\, adv.
1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.
Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely
naked. --Chapman.
2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.
Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to
obige your friends. --Swift.
Syn: Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely.
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| | Related Terms: | | after a fashion, alone, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at bottom, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, barely, basically, but, comparatively, detectably, entirely, essentially, exclusively, fairly, fundamentally, in a manner, in a way, in part, in some measure, incompletely, integrally, irreducibly, just, leastwise, mildly, moderately, modestly, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, only, part, partially, partly, plainly, pro tanto, purely, relatively, scarcely, simply, simply and solely, singly, so far, solely, somewhat, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, tolerably, totally, unanalyzably, undividedly, visibly, wholly |
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