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только (I was merely trying to help.); всего-навсего (I 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. • The human race speaks a total of 7,000 tongues, so even learning 0.2% of them is merely making a start. gennier); всего лишь (I was merely trying to help. • Year one is usually about merely making a start. gennier); просто (only: I was merely trying to help. • Many merely desire a pleasant afternoon perusing the exhibitions in their local gallery.); единственно; лишь; попросту; чисто; исключительно (Alexander Matytsin); сугубо (Specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present disclosure. I. Havkin); собственно (Vadim Rouminsky); чисто (=сугубо Pickman); только (you cannot merely assert yoriko); просто (you cannot merely assert yoriko) |
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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) |
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wholly, entirely (16th-20th c.: It is not forgot, since the acute and distinct Arminius was perverted meerly by the perusing of a namelesse discourse writt'n at Delf, which at first he took in hand to confute. (1644, John Milton, Areopagitica) wiktionary.org) |
