See merely in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1951 October, Bruce Hayden, “Of Cabbageheads and Kings”, in Chess Review:",
"text": "But let us not be unfair to the kibitzers. Not all players hate 'em. Some merely dislike 'em.",
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"(focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more."
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
"word": "គ្រាន់តែ"
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
"word": "한낱"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geujeo",
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"word": "그저"
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{
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
"word": "prosto"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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{
"code": "dsb",
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
"word": "jano"
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{
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{
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
"word": "yalnızca"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "lyšé",
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{
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"roman": "tílʹky",
"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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{
"code": "uk",
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
"word": "chỉ"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
"word": "đơn thuần"
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
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{
"code": "wa",
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"sense": "only, just, and nothing more",
"word": "seulmint"
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