This page shows Merely in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like simply. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Merely meaning
- Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
- Wholly, entirely.
Synonyms of Merely
Example sentences (20)
At the end of the day, the superstar is merely trying to keep things together for the sake of those four little ones.
Clubs can negotiate summer transfers prior to the June 10 opening, with the window merely a registration window.
And so, declining public school enrollment is not merely a question of their performance on standardized tests.
He said that March 23 is not merely a day but a symbol of battle against any type of injustice, tyranny and oppression.
However, it is critical to conduct co-design in ways that are not tokenistic and don’t merely validate current practice.
But instead of merely lowering the rates, they eliminated tax entirely for investments up to 18 million yen.
For his highest educational qualification, his election affidavit merely lists him as “sakshar” or literate.
And yet, some continue to see the declaration merely as a haven for extreme far-left and progressive ideas.
At this, Justice Sultan Tavnir asked whether that assurance was confined merely to the 102 arrested people.
I do not merely feel its power: there is an energy exchange, an almost recognisable communication between the storm and me.
Connor, the forgotten Roy sibling, is a subject of pathos rather than merely of buffoonish comic relief.
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As they merge the realms of AI and business, they do not merely create products—they sculpt the future.
But rather than being a unifying president, his presence in the White House merely brought centuries-old divisions to the fore.
According to them, the singer merely honoured an invite from the police, and they believe a thorough investigation will be done.
Before "Earshot," he was merely there to be on the receiving end of other people's jokes occasionally.
If anything, it merely reinforces the mindset every defensive back needs to have: whether good or bad, move on to the next play.
Even the merch tent, sometimes a locus of insanity with long lines, was doing merely steady business.
Except for the brain, which merely manages the entire body, each portion of the body possesses these cells as defence mechanisms.
Christmas is merely weeks away, which means lots of hot cocoa, frenzied shopping and wrapping gifts.
Common combinations with merely
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- not merely 26×
- was merely 20×
- is merely 15×
- are merely 8×
- merely as 7×
- merely an 6×
- merely the 6×
- merely to 6×
- that merely 4×
- of merely 4×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word merely. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.