Merely

/ˈmɪɹli/

Synonyms for "merely" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Adverb(3 words)
justonlysimply
after a fashionaloneappreciablyat any rateat bestat bottomat leastat mostat the leastat the mostat the outsideat worstbarely

Strong matches (23)

Adverb(3 words)
butjustliterally
Adverb(1 words)
but

Related words (39)

moderatelymodestlynot comprehensivelynot exhaustivelyonlypartpartiallypartlyplainlypro tantopurelyrelativelyscarcelysimplysimply and solelysinglyso farsolelysomewhatthus far
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to a degreeto some degreetolerablytotallyunanalyzablyundividedlyvisiblywholly
Noun(3 words)
most exclusivenl exclusiefnone other than
Adverb(4 words)
no more thannothing butonlysimply
Adverb(4 words)
purely conceptual educationsheerlysolelyvacuously

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

2 entries
degree adverbmodifier

More specific

4 entries
barelydescriptive studyhardlyobservational study

Collocations

6 entries
anecdotal evidencelimited scopeminor detailsimple explanationslight differencetrivial matter

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Instead she merely looked surprised and - could it be - amused.

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You should never look down on a person merely because he is poor.

Source: tatoeba (40846)

They are merely different.

Source: tatoeba (40856)

Merely to breathe does not mean to live.

Source: tatoeba (40858)

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