merely
adverb
- without admixture; purely.
- altogether; entirely.
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Contemporary Examples of merely
Later reports say that authorities claimed to be merely escorting him back to his house arrest.
“It was not merely the work in which he had constantly grown happier that he saw taken from him,” Howells notes.
The final question we should ask: are they pursuing justice and the rule of law, or merely silencing those who embarrass them?
As Rathod noted, SIX is not supposed to be merely the opposite of ALEC.
I hope I can be forgiven for finding this echo more than merely coincidental.
Historical Examples of merely
It seemed, however, that he had merely been thinking intently.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
But can the safety of the state be secured by merely excluding the vicious poor?
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
Surface manifestations are, in and of themselves, merely deceptive.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
After all it might be nothing of vital importance, merely a girls' disagreement.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
Our pledge was not merely to do a patchwork job with secondhand materials.