merely in English: Only; nothing more than. (adverb)

Translation

Only; nothing more than.

Word origin

From mere plus -ly; mere comes from Latin merus, meaning pure or nothing but.

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"Merely a joke" means only a joke and nothing worse.

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Here "merely" reminds us how small or young someone is.

reading recipe .

"Merely doing X" means doing X alone is not enough.

only

And no one or nothing more than this, just this.

just

A very short time ago, or only and nothing more.

simple

Easy to do or understand; not hard and not having many parts.

simply

In an easy, plain way; or used to say that something is only that and nothing more.

small

Little in size or amount, not big.

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