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merely - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'merely' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Merely [ adv.]
- Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.
- Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.

Meaning of 'merely' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . merely [ r]
Meaning (1):
- and nothing more
Example in sentence:
  • he was only a child;
  • hopes that last but a moment;
  • I was merely asking;
  • it is simply a matter of time;
  • just a scratch

Nearby Words:

meracious mercable mercantile mercaptal mercaptan mercaptide mercat mercatante mercator's chart mercature

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