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adverb

Merely adv.

Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. "Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked."

Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. "Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to oblige your friends."

Synonyms: Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... pity? Yet this may merely be a passing sickness of the humours. To-morrow thou mayest ...

— A Williams Anthology - A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 • Compiled by Edwin Partridge Lehman and Julian Park

... inward self, naturally," he said. "We call it 'soul' as a figure of speech; it is really temperament merely." ...

— Ziska - The Problem of a Wicked Soul • Marie Corelli

... soil is not so deep, and the subsoil coarse and rather gravelly, the ground is not trenched so deep; the bottom of the trench being merely dug over. Above this, however, a large quantity of manure is applied; and by this, with good after-management,—chiefly consisting in making the soil fine and light for the shoots to push ...

— The Field and Garden Vegetables of America • Fearing Burr

... was considered too tender a subject for other than stove treatment, and even now it is treated as a shrub needing protection; but warm as is its native climate, it proves hardy in ours; it is not merely a safe subject to winter out under special conditions, but quite hardy in fully exposed parts. It stood out with me in the winters of 1879-80 and 1880-1, and in 1881-2, which, however, was specially mild, it held its berries until spring. Its evergreen character renders it all ...

— Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers - Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, - Rockeries, and Shrubberies. • John Wood

... and unconscious of the terrors of the times; and apart from the rest stood the Duchess of Bedford, conferring eagerly with Friar Bungey, whom she had summoned in haste, to know if his art could not yet prevail over enemies merely mortal. ...

— The Last Of The Barons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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