merely

Definition

Examples

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Word Family

Synonyms

• simplyand nothing more
• onlybeing the only one; single and isolated from others
• justused especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; - A.Lincoln

Collocations

• Easy merely asking
  describing merely asking (and nothing more)
• Medium not merely for immediate profit
  describing not merely for immediate profit (negation of a word or group of words)
• Hard proposals were merely symbolic gestures
  describing proposals were merely symbolic gestures (something proposed (such as a plan or assumption))
• Very Hard merely cosmetic cosmetic tinkering with deep flaws
  describing merely cosmetic cosmetic tinkering with deep flaws (and nothing more)