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Definitions of merely:

part of speech: adverb

Purely, simply: only: thus and no other way: solely.

part of speech: adverb

Simply; solely.

part of speech: adverb

Simply; purely; only; not otherwise than.

Usage examples for merely:

• Once we're quite sure it's merely money she's after, it doesn't seem quite so bad. "The Whirligig of Time", Wayland Wells Williams

• You are not asking me to speak first merely because I am a woman? "Further Foolishness", Stephen Leacock

• I merely had to make a sign, and he was ready. "The Goose Man", Jacob Wassermann

• It's merely the habit of his kind. "Andiron Tales", John Kendrick Bangs