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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

merely en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (California) audio
  • /ˈmiəli/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈmɪɹli/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈmɪəli/ (Australia)
  • /ˈmɪəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English mereli, equivalent to mere + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (focus, not-comparable) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
    • But let us not be unfair to the kibitzers. Not all players hate 'em. Some merely dislike 'em. 1951 October, Bruce Hayden, “Of Cabbageheads and Kings”, in Chess Review:
    • All these people, who have tried to set you against me out of envy and love of slander – and some too merely passing on what they have been told by others – all these are very difficult to deal with. 1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 20:
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Wholly, entirely.
    • I am sorry to say, that I doubt if there is a judge in Massachusetts who is prepared to resign his office, and get his living innocently, whenever it is required of him to pass sentence under a law which is merely contrary to the law of God. 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts:
    • It is not forgot, since the acute and distinct Arminius was perverted meerly by the perusing of a namelesse discourse writt'n at Delf, which at first he took in hand to confute. 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:

Antonyms

fuck-off · indeed · fucking · motherfucking · very · all-fired · absolutely · very much · completely

Synonyms

only · simply · exclusively · simply · wholly · no more than · solely · only · but · purely · but · entirely · exclusively · just · purely · merely · merely · literally · barely · nothing but · alone · expressly

Translations (81)

pl jedynie (only, just, and nothing more) · pdt blooss (only, just, and nothing more) · de lediglich (only, just, and nothing more) · pl jeno (only, just, and nothing more) · it solamente (only, just, and nothing more) · nl enkel (only, just, and nothing more) · ja ただ (only, just, and nothing more) · nl slechts (only, just, and nothing more) · de nur (only, just, and nothing more) · wa fok (only, just, and nothing more) · pl tylko (only, just, and nothing more) · be то́лькі (only, just, and nothing more) · tr yalnızca (only, just, and nothing more) · eo nur (only, just, and nothing more) · pt meramente (only, just, and nothing more) · cmn 只不過 /只不过 (only, just, and nothing more) · km គ្រាន់តែ (only, just, and nothing more) · la sōlum (only, just, and nothing more) · grc μόνον (only, just, and nothing more) · dsb jano (only, just, and nothing more) · fr uniquement (only, just, and nothing more) · ru лишь (only, just, and nothing more) · sh prosto (only, just, and nothing more) · fi vain (only, just, and nothing more) · ko 그저 (only, just, and nothing more) · ru всего́-на́всего (only, just, and nothing more) · ru то́лько (only, just, and nothing more) · fr seulement (only, just, and nothing more) · fi ainoastaan (only, just, and nothing more) · de bloß (only, just, and nothing more) · it soltanto (only, just, and nothing more) · izh ikkee (only, just, and nothing more) · hu csupán (only, just, and nothing more) · wa djusse (only, just, and nothing more) · fi pelkästään (only, just, and nothing more) · hu csak (only, just, and nothing more) · ca merament (only, just, and nothing more) · kk ғана (only, just, and nothing more) · mg fotsiny (only, just, and nothing more) · cmn 只是 (only, just, and nothing more) · izh vaa (only, just, and nothing more) · ru про́сто (only, just, and nothing more) · es mere (only, just, and nothing more) · it meramente (only, just, and nothing more) · nmn ǁʻáa (only, just, and nothing more) · cmn 僅僅 /仅仅 (only, just, and nothing more) · ro doar (only, just, and nothing more) · hu pusztán (only, just, and nothing more) · nys arda (only, just, and nothing more) · ko 단지 (only, just, and nothing more) · pt somente (only, just, and nothing more) · fr simplement (only, just, and nothing more) · be про́ста (only, just, and nothing more) · nl louter (only, just, and nothing more) · la modo (only, just, and nothing more) · nl alleen (only, just, and nothing more) · hu egyedül (only, just, and nothing more) · de schier (only, just, and nothing more) · ro abia (only, just, and nothing more) · tr sadece (only, just, and nothing more) · uk про́сто (only, just, and nothing more) · ar بِالْكَاد (only, just, and nothing more) · oj eta (only, just, and nothing more) · pl ino (only, just, and nothing more) · vi đơn thuần (only, just, and nothing more) · wa seulmint (only, just, and nothing more) · he רק (only, just, and nothing more) · nv tʼóó (only, just, and nothing more) · uk лише́ (only, just, and nothing more) · hu mindössze (only, just, and nothing more) · sh jedino (only, just, and nothing more) · cs pouze (only, just, and nothing more) · es meramente (only, just, and nothing more) · ca simplement (only, just, and nothing more) · ja 単に (only, just, and nothing more) · ja ばかり (only, just, and nothing more) · sv bara (only, just, and nothing more) · ko 한낱 (only, just, and nothing more) · uk ті́льки (only, just, and nothing more) · vi chỉ (only, just, and nothing more) · it semplicemente (only, just, and nothing more)