"merely" meaning in English

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ly (αγγλικά)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": merely < mere + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merely"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I merely looked at it, I didn’t touch it.",
          "translation": "Εγώ μόνο που το κοίταξα, δεν τ' άγγιξα."
        },
        {
          "text": "There was merely a chance.",
          "translation": "Δεν ήταν παρά μόνο τύχη."
        },
        {
          "text": "Merely the thought of it makes me shudder./Merely thinking of it makes me shudder.",
          "translation": "Και μόνο που το σκέφτομαι ανατριχιάζω."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "απλά, απλώς, μονάχα, μόνο, δεν…παρά μόνο, και μόνο που"
      ],
      "id": "el-merely-en-adv-5ZQ00-xl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "but"
    },
    {
      "word": "just"
    },
    {
      "word": "only"
    },
    {
      "word": "nothing more"
    },
    {
      "word": "simply"
    }
  ],
  "word": "merely"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Λέξεις με επίθημα -ly (αγγλικά)"
  ],
  "etymology_text": ": merely < mere + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merely"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I merely looked at it, I didn’t touch it.",
          "translation": "Εγώ μόνο που το κοίταξα, δεν τ' άγγιξα."
        },
        {
          "text": "There was merely a chance.",
          "translation": "Δεν ήταν παρά μόνο τύχη."
        },
        {
          "text": "Merely the thought of it makes me shudder./Merely thinking of it makes me shudder.",
          "translation": "Και μόνο που το σκέφτομαι ανατριχιάζω."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "απλά, απλώς, μονάχα, μόνο, δεν…παρά μόνο, και μόνο που"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "but"
    },
    {
      "word": "just"
    },
    {
      "word": "only"
    },
    {
      "word": "nothing more"
    },
    {
      "word": "simply"
    }
  ],
  "word": "merely"
}