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Definitions for merely
mere·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
merely, simply, just, only, but(adverb)
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
merely(Adverb)
Wholly, entirely.
merely(Adverb)
Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
Webster Dictionary
Merely(adverb)
purely; unmixedly; absolutely
Merely(adverb)
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
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
When you expect your desire to be fulfilled, you often anticipate about it. You anticipate the possible results and outcomes of the situation which will lead to fulfilment of your desire. Although your anticapations merely remain as expectations until it is acquainted with some real facts. And hence, when your anticapations are substantiated with a proper sequel it becomes more viable, which ultimately results in the higher possibility of achieving your desired goal.
Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the rarest thing to find a player who has not had his character affected for the worse by the practice of his profession. Nobody can make a habit of self-exhibition, nobody can exploit his personality for the sake of exercising a kind of hypnotic power over others, and remain untouched by the process.
The report is merely a compilation of putative ‘tiger numbers for large areas’ put out by officials of various countries.
It is merely regularizing the existing reality in a way that permits both countries to extend normal public services to the residents of these areas.
A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely . . . but by watching for a time his motions and plays, the painter enters into his nature and can then draw him at every attitude . . .
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Translations for merely
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- بالكادArabic
- про́ста, то́лькіBelarusian
- merament, simplementCatalan, Valencian
- pouzeCzech
- lediglich, bloß, nur, schierGerman
- απλώςGreek
- تنهاPersian
- ainoastaan, vain, pelkästäänFinnish
- uniquement, simplement, seulementFrench
- csak, csupánHungarian
- soltanto, solamente, semplicemente, meramenteItalian
- 単に, ただ, ばかりJapanese
- គ្រាន់តែKhmer
- sōlum, tantumLatin
- alleen, louterDutch
- tʼóóNavajo, Navaho
- tylkoPolish
- somente, meramentePortuguese
- abia, doarRomanian
- лишь, про́сто, то́лько, всего́-на́всегоRussian
- prosto, jedinoSerbo-Croatian
- sadece, yalnızcaTurkish
- про́сто, ті́льки, лише́Ukrainian
- 僅僅Chinese
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