What does MERELY mean?
Definitions for MERELY
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word MERELY.
Princeton's WordNet
merely, simply, just, only, butadverb
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"
Wiktionary
merelyadverb
Wholly, entirely.
merelyadverb
Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Merelyadverb
Simply; only; thus and no other way; for this and for no other end or purpose.
Etymology: from mere.
Which thing we ourselves would grant, if the use thereof had been merely and only mystical. Richard Hooker, b. v.
These external manners of laments
Are merely shadows to the unseen grief,
That swells with silence in the tortur’d soul. William Shakespeare.It is below reasonable creatures to be conversant in such diversions as are merely innocent, and have nothing else to recommend them. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 93.
Above a thousand bought his almanack merely to find what he said against me. Jonathan Swift.
Prize not your life for other ends
Than merely to oblige your friends. Jonathan Swift.
Webster Dictionary
Merelyadverb
purely; unmixedly; absolutely
Merelyadverb
not otherwise than; simply; barely; only
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'MERELY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1332
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'MERELY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3103
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'MERELY' in Adverbs Frequency: #125
Anagrams for MERELY »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of MERELY in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of MERELY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of MERELY in a Sentence
She was ferociously intelligent, sardonically funny and made your day better by merely existing. She was a passionate voice for genre content that NPR will miss like an ache.
If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.
Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
This administration is vehemently anti-gun, and what they did this week ... is they merely re-stated the current law. But the abuse is going to come in the implementation, and what they are trying to do is chill lawful behavior by law-abiding individuals through intimidation.
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- بالكادArabic
- то́лькі, про́стаBelarusian
- merament, simplementCatalan, Valencian
- pouzeCzech
- bloß, schier, nur, lediglichGerman
- απλώςGreek
- تنهاPersian
- vain, ainoastaan, pelkästäänFinnish
- uniquement, simplement, seulementFrench
- csak, csupánHungarian
- soltanto, meramente, semplicemente, solamenteItalian
- 単に, ただ, ばかりJapanese
- គ្រាន់តែKhmer
- tantum, sōlumLatin
- louter, alleenDutch
- tʼóóNavajo, Navaho
- tylkoPolish
- somente, meramentePortuguese
- abia, doarRomanian
- то́лько, про́сто, всего́-на́всего, лишьRussian
- jedino, prostoSerbo-Croatian
- yalnızca, sadeceTurkish
- лише́, ті́льки, про́стоUkrainian
- 僅僅Chinese
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