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nothing more than (syn.: only: He was merely trying to help. • …no boy wanted to be on record as considering a girl a major fox only to discover that she considered him merely cool.
Not merely decorative, the crisscrossing slats and fins variously filter light and provide privacy. • Many merely desire a pleasant afternoon perusing the exhibitions in their local gallery. • Many of the deep-sea fishes, for example, have pathetically weak skeletons and terribly flabby bodies—in extreme cases they are the consistency of gelatin and seem to be composed merely of mouth and stomach. • …because of technology what in the past would have taken days took merely hours.  merriam-webster.com); without any other reason etc. (wiktionary.org); only, just, and nothing more (wiktionary.org) |
