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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
merely/ˈmɪəli/

▶adverb just; only.

'merely' also found in these Oxford entries:

brute - cannon fodder - cosmetic - daemon - fulsome - glorify - illegal - innit - irregardless - McGuffin - manufacture - mickle - orthogenesis - placebo - pothunter - real - simply - subjectivism

Forum discussions with the word(s) "merely" in the title:

...merely on testimony
"bin Laden and al Qaeda appear to be treated merely as first among equals."
a clock or watch moves merely as it is moved
a mere, mere a and merely a
created merely building
difference between 'barely' and 'merely'?
Each textual moment merely 'punctuates' the incessant circulation of meaning
merely / only
Merely and relieve
only, merely, simply, just
only/just/merely
only/merely/alone
purely vs merely
Vice Presidents were merely calling cards
what China dismisses as “merely a rock” into a proper island
What many people today merely hope will come to pass was for

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