2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Merely \Mere"ly\, adv
1. Purely; unmixedly absolutely.
Ulysses was to force forth his access Though merely
naked. --Chapman.
2. Not otherwise than simply; barely; only.
Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to
obige your friends. --Swift.
Syn: Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
merely
adv : 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: {simply},
{just}, {only}, {but}]
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