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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. and nothing more;
- Example: "I was merely asking"
- Example: "it is simply a matter of time"
- Example: "just a scratch"
- Example: "he was only a child"
- Example: "hopes that last but a moment"
[syn: merely, simply, just, only, but]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Merely \Mere"ly\, adv.
   1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.
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            Ulysses was to force forth his access,
            Though merely naked.                  --Chapman.
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   2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.
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            Prize not your life for other ends
            Than merely to oblige your friends.   --Swift.
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   Syn: Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

merely
    adv 1: 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" [syn: merely, simply,
           just, only, but]