Definition of merely

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Merely (adv.) Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.

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Topical :: Topical (n.) Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument..
Advisory :: Advisory (a.) Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory..
Expletive :: Expletive (a.) Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous..
Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like..
Chimerical :: Chimerical (a.) Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects..
Filigree :: Filigree (a.) Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative..
Humanitarian :: Humanitarian (n.) One who denies the divinity of Christ, and believes him to have been merely human..
Alonely :: Alonely (adv.) Only; merely; singly.
Sublimed :: Sublime (n.) That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful..
Seizin :: Seizin (n.) Possession; possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership..
Mechanist :: Mechanist (n.) One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces merely mechanical.
Suit :: Suist (n.) One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
Reality :: Reality (n.) That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea..
Merely :: Merely (adv.) Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.
En- :: En- () A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en-or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-..
A Mensa Et Thoro :: A mensa et thoro () A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife..
Intrinsic :: Intrinsic (a.) Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person..
Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement..
Just :: "Just (adv.) Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late..
Such :: Succussive (a.) Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes..
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