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Definition of Merely
Merely

Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.

Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.

Related Definitions:
Absolutely, Barely, Not, Only, Otherwise, Purely, Simply, Than


Merely Quotations

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
William Shakespeare

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Mohandas Gandhi

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
Douglas Adams

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
Albert Einstein

Merely Translations

merely in French is ne que
merely in German is lediglich
merely in Italian is solamente
merely in Swedish is blott, endast, bara

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