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
- pluralist
- pluralistic
- pluralistically
- pluralistic ignorance
- plurality
- pluralization
- pluralize
- pluralizer
- plurally
- plural marriage
- plural society
- plural voting
- plurative
- plurennial
- pluri-
- pluriarc
- pluricellular
- pluricentral
- pluricultural
- pluricuspid
- pluridentate
- pluridimensional
- pluri-disciplinary
- pluries
- pluriflorous