merely
adv/ˈmɪəli/UK/ˈmɪɹli/US
Etymology
From Middle English mereli, equivalent to mere + -ly.
- inherited from mereli
Definitions
Without any other reason etc.
Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
- But let us not be unfair to the kibitzers. Not all players hate 'em. Some merely dislike 'em.
- All these people, who have tried to set you against me out of envy and love of slander – and some too merely passing on what they have been told by others – all these are very difficult to deal with.
Wholly, entirely.
- 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.
The neighborhood
- synonymbarely
- synonymbut
- synonymjust
- synonymliterally
- synonymmerely
- synonymno more than
- synonymnothing but
- synonymonly
- synonymsimply
- antonymabsolutely
- antonymall-fired
- antonymcompletely
- antonymfuck-off
- antonymfucking
- antonymindeed
- antonymmotherfucking
- antonymvery
- antonymvery much
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at merely. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at merely. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at merely
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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