merely
/ˈmɪəli
/adverb
Just; only: Gary, a silent boy, merely nodded...
- The boys had merely had a few drinks and a wee singsong, and things had gone slightly awry.
- On opening the bag the victim found that it merely contained two bottles of water.
- He said he pointed it at her and pulled the trigger merely in order to scare her, but a bullet was fired.
Synonyms
only, purely, solely, simply, entirely, just, but
- communiqué
- communise
- communism
- Communism Peak
- communist
- communist bloc
- communist block
- communistery
- communistic
- communistical
- communistically
- Communist Party
- communital
- communitarian
- communitarianism
- communitary
- communitas
- communitive
- communitorium
- community
- community-acquired
- community action
- community antenna
- community architect
- community architecture