"merely" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈmɪəli/ [UK], /ˈmɪɹli/ [US] Audio: en-us-merely.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)li Etymology: From Middle English mereli, equivalent to mere + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mereli}} Middle English mereli, {{suf|en|mere|ly|id2=adverbial}} mere + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} merely (not comparable)
  1. (focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more. Tags: focus, not-comparable Translations (only, just, and nothing more): μόνον (mónon) (Ancient Greek), بِالْكَاد (bi-l-kād) (Arabic), то́лькі (tólʹki) (Belarusian), про́ста (prósta) (Belarusian), merament (Catalan), simplement (Catalan), 只是 (zhǐshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 只不過 (Chinese Mandarin), 只不过 (zhǐbuguò) (Chinese Mandarin), 僅僅 (Chinese Mandarin), 仅仅 (jǐnjǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), pouze (Czech), alleen (Dutch), louter (Dutch), vain (Finnish), ainoastaan (Finnish), pelkästään (Finnish), simplement (French), uniquement (French), seulement (French), bloß (German), lediglich (German), nur (German), schier (German), רק (rak) (Hebrew), csak (Hungarian), csupán (Hungarian), pusztán (Hungarian), mindössze (Hungarian), egyedül (Hungarian), vaa (Ingrian), ikkee (Ingrian), soltanto (Italian), solamente (Italian), meramente (Italian), semplicemente (Italian), 単に (tanni) (alt: たんに) (Japanese), ばかり (bakari) (Japanese), ただ (tada) (Japanese), ғана (ğana) (Kazakh), គ្រាន់តែ (kroan tae) (Khmer), 한낱 (hannat) (Korean), 그저 (geujeo) (Korean), 단지 (danji) (Korean), sōlum (Latin), modo (Latin), jano (Lower Sorbian), fotsiny (Malagasy), tʼóó (Navajo), arda (Nyunga), eta (Ojibwe), blooss (Plautdietsch), tylko (Polish), jedynie (Polish), jeno [archaic] (Polish), ino [dialectal] (Polish), meramente (Portuguese), somente (Portuguese), doar (Romanian), abia (Romanian), то́лько (tólʹko) (Russian), про́сто (prósto) (Russian), лишь (lišʹ) (Russian), всего́-на́всего (vsevó-návsevo) (Russian), prosto (Serbo-Croatian), jedino (Serbo-Croatian), meramente (Spanish), puramente (Spanish), solamente (Spanish), sólo (Spanish), bara (Swedish), sadece (Turkish), yalnızca (Turkish), лише́ (lyšé) (Ukrainian), ті́льки (tílʹky) (Ukrainian), про́сто (prósto) (Ukrainian), djusse (Walloon), fok (Walloon), seulmint (Walloon), ǁʻáa (ǃXóõ)
    Sense id: en-merely-en-adv-Eoy6UXDQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 89 11 Disambiguation of 'only, just, and nothing more': 94 6
  2. (obsolete) Wholly, entirely. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-merely-en-adv-ByTv7Ujv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: but, just, literally, merely, no more than, nothing but, only, simply

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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǐshì",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "只是"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "只不過"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǐbuguò",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "只不过"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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          "roman": "jǐnjǐn",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "pouze"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "louter"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "vain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "ainoastaan"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "pelkästään"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "simplement"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "uniquement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "seulement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "bloß"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "lediglich"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "nur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "schier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "mónon",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "μόνον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "rak",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "רק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "csak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "csupán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "pusztán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "mindössze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "egyedül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "vaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "ikkee"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "soltanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "solamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "meramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "semplicemente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "alt": "たんに",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tanni",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "単に"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bakari",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "ばかり"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tada",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "ただ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ğana",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "ғана"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kroan tae",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "គ្រាន់តែ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hannat",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "한낱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geujeo",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "그저"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "danji",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "단지"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "sōlum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "modo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "fotsiny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "tʼóó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nys",
          "lang": "Nyunga",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "arda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "eta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "blooss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "tylko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "jedynie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "jeno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "ino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "meramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "somente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "doar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "abia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tólʹko",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "то́лько"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prósto",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "про́сто"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lišʹ",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "лишь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vsevó-návsevo",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "всего́-на́всего"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "prosto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "jedino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "jano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "meramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "puramente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "solamente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "sólo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "bara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "sadece"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "yalnızca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "lyšé",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "лише́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tílʹky",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "ті́льки"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prósto",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "про́сто"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "djusse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "fok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "seulmint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nmn",
          "lang": "ǃXóõ",
          "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
          "word": "ǁʻáa"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1644, John Milton, Areopagitica",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1854, Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wholly, entirely."
      ],
      "id": "en-merely-en-adv-ByTv7Ujv",
      "links": [
        [
          "Wholly",
          "wholly"
        ],
        [
          "entirely",
          "entirely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Wholly, entirely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪəli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪɹli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)li"
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}
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      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "absolutely"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "all-fired"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "completely"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "fuck-off"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "fucking"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "indeed"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "motherfucking"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "very"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "very much"
    }
  ],
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)li",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪə(ɹ)li/2 syllables"
  ],
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mereli"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mereli",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mere",
        "3": "ly",
        "id2": "adverbial"
      },
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      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "merely (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English focus adverbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ],
        [
          "just",
          "just"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more."
      ],
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        "focus",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1644, John Milton, Areopagitica",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1854, Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wholly, entirely."
      ],
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        [
          "Wholly",
          "wholly"
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        [
          "entirely",
          "entirely"
        ]
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        "(obsolete) Wholly, entirely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɪəli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɪɹli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)li"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-merely.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/En-us-merely.ogg",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "but"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "just"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "literally"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "merely"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "no more than"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "nothing but"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "only"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:merely",
      "word": "simply"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bi-l-kād",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "بِالْكَاد"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tólʹki",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "то́лькі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prósta",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "про́ста"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "merament"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "simplement"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐshì",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "只是"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "只不過"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐbuguò",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "只不过"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "僅僅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǐnjǐn",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "仅仅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "pouze"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "alleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "louter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "vain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "ainoastaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "pelkästään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "simplement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "uniquement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "seulement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "bloß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "lediglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "nur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "schier"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mónon",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "μόνον"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rak",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "רק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "csak"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "csupán"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "pusztán"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "mindössze"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "egyedül"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "vaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "ikkee"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "soltanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "solamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "meramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "semplicemente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanni",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "単に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bakari",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "ばかり"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tada",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "ただ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ğana",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "ғана"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kroan tae",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "គ្រាន់តែ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hannat",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "한낱"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geujeo",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "그저"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "danji",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "단지"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "sōlum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "modo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "fotsiny"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "tʼóó"
    },
    {
      "code": "nys",
      "lang": "Nyunga",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "arda"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "eta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "blooss"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "tylko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "jedynie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "jeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "ino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "meramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "somente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "doar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "abia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tólʹko",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "то́лько"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prósto",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "про́сто"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lišʹ",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "лишь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsevó-návsevo",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "всего́-на́всего"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "prosto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "jedino"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "jano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "meramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "puramente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "solamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "sólo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "bara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "sadece"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "yalnızca"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lyšé",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "лише́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tílʹky",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "ті́льки"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prósto",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "про́сто"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "djusse"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "fok"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "seulmint"
    },
    {
      "code": "nmn",
      "lang": "ǃXóõ",
      "sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
      "word": "ǁʻáa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "merely"
}

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