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English Dictionary: merely	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
merely adv and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" Synonym(s): merely, simply, just, only, but
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Merely \Mere"ly\, adv. 1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. --Chapman. 2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to obige your friends. --Swift. Syn: Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely.