How to pronounce “merely”

Meaning

• [Adverb]
• (focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more. [from 16th c.]
• (obsolete) Wholly, entirely. [16th–20th c.]

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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