mere\u2027ly S3 W2 \/ m\u026a\u0259li $ m\u026arli \/ adverb
1 used to emphasize how small or unimportant something or someone is SYN only :
He\u2019s merely a boy \u2013 you can\u2019t expect him to understand.
2 used to emphasize that nothing more than what you say is involved SYN just :
We\u2019re merely good friends.
He merely shrugged and walked away.
3 not merely\/rather than merely used before the less important of two ideas in a sentence to emphasize the more important idea :
It\u2019s not merely a matter of cost, but whether she\u2019s old enough to go on holiday alone.
It\u2019s important to write these goals down, rather than merely think about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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