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.