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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Merely \Mere"ly\, adv.
     1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ulysses was to force forth his access,
              Though merely naked.                  --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Prize not your life for other ends
              Than merely to oblige your friends.   --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely.
          [1913 Webster]

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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ 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" [syn: simply,
             just, only, but]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  merely
     Αγγλικά adv.
     απλά, απλώς, μονάχα, μόνο, δεν…παρά μόνο, και μόνο που

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  merely
     Middle English adv.
     (alt form enm merily)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  merely
     adv.
     1 (lb en focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and
  nothing more. (from 16th c.)
     2 (lb en obsolete) wholly, entirely.  16th 20th c.)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  merely
     Middle English adv.
     (alt form enm merily)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  merely
     Middle English adv.
     (alt form enm merily)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  merely
     Englanti adv.
     ainoastaan, vain

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  merely
     Engelska adv.
     bara, endast, blott

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Merely /mˈiəli/
  فقط

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  merely /mˈiəli/
  pouze

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  merely /mˈiəli/
  jenom

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  merely /mˈiəli/
  lediglich, bloß, nur, rein

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]


  merely /mˈiəli/
  
  απλώς

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  merely //ˈmɪəli// //ˈmɪɹli// 
  ainoastaan, vain, pelkästään
  only, just, and nothing more

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  merely /mˈiəli/
  prosto, samo toliko

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  merely /mˈiəli/
  1. csupán
  2. pusztán

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  merely //ˈmɪəli// //ˈmɪɹli// 
  ただ, ばかり, 単に
  only, just, and nothing more

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]


  merely /ˈmıərlı/
  tiesiog, tik, paprasčiausiai
     See also: simply
  
     See also: just
  
     See also: only

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  merely /ˈmɪəlɪ/ 
    tylko, jedynie

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  merely /mˈiəli/ 
  meramente, simplesmente, somente

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  merely //ˈmɪəli// //ˈmɪɹli// 
  bara
  only, just, and nothing more

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈmɪɹɫi/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "merely":
     after a fashion, alone, appreciably, at any rate, at best,
     at bottom, at least, at most, at the least, at the most,
     at the outside, at worst, barely, basically, but, comparatively,
     detectably, entirely, essentially, exclusively, fairly,
     fundamentally, in a manner, in a way, in part, in some measure,
     incompletely, integrally, irreducibly, just, leastwise, mildly,
     moderately, modestly, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, only,
     part, partially, partly, plainly, pro tanto, purely, relatively,
     scarcely, simply, simply and solely, singly, so far, solely,
     somewhat, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, tolerably,
     totally, unanalyzably, undividedly, visibly, wholly

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  ad. 只;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     ad. 仅仅,只不过

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