merely

[ˈmɪrli]

Definition:
1. And nothing more.
2. Used meaning ‘only’ or ‘simply’ to emphasize a fact or sth that you are saying.

Use 'merely' in a sentence:

1. For many the philosophy was merely a fashion, and the novelty soon wore off.
2. This merely strengthens our resolve to win the pennant.
3. Permission for a warehouse development has already been granted and the developers are merely fleshing out the details.
4. The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.
5. The team needs players who want to play for Canada, not merely any country that will have them.
6. It merely underlines our rather more nonchalant attitude to life.
7. The brain accounts for merely three per cent of body weight.
8. I merely glanced over his letter.
9. It's merely a question of time before the business collapses.
10. When I finally posed the question, "Why?" he merely shrugged.
11. In general, the students view these changes as merely cosmetic.
12. This merely strengthens our resolve to win the league.
13. These reforms are not merely cosmetic.
14. He is titular head, and merely signs laws occasionally.
15. The news merely fortified their determination.
16. Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism.
17. The police don't make the laws, they merely enforce them.
18. They agreed to go merely because they were getting paid for it.
19. In actuality, Ted did not have a disorder but merely a difficult temperament.
20. Merely because you believe a thing is right, it isn't automatically so.
21. Music is merely an enhancement to the power of her words.
22. The meeting was merely an exercise in damage limitation.
23. The letter merely restated the law of the land.
24. It is to be hoped that he is merely drumming up business.
25. It is not merely a job, but a way of life.
26. She realized that Patrick was merely playing with her.
27. He is merely throwing the idea forward for discussion, it is not cast in stone.
28. This, of course, would nullify the effect of the move and merely accelerate inflation.
29. The difficulties in her way merely strengthened her resolve.
30. The press regard her as merely one of a ruling troika.
31. The council was merely given a condensed version of what had already been disclosed in Washington.
32. His were not merely crimes of theft but of violence against elderly people.
33. I'm merely stating what everybody knows anyway.
34. Michael is now merely a good friend.
35. That might merely have been malicious gossip.
36. He said nothing, merely smiled and watched her.
37. A written IQ test is merely a guideline.
38. The conference merely pointed up divisions in the party.
39. Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context.
40. She had no appetite, and merely toyed with the bread and cheese.
41. They are offering merely technical assistance.
42. I am merely citing his reaction as typical of British industry.
43. Francis Watson was far from being merely a furniture expert.
44. The brain accounts for merely three percent of body weight.
45. He merely cleared and concreted the floors.