merely

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English mereli, equivalent to mere + -ly.

I am merely warning you." — Three men on the bummel, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
"He is merely an American gentleman. — John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein, Frank R. Stockton
The last was merely an adjunct. — Antony Gray,—Gardener, LM (Leslie Moore)

simply, just, only, but

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