Definition of Merely

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Definition of Merely
	Merely Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. Related Definitions: Absolutely, Barely, Not, Only, Otherwise, Purely, Simply, Than

Merely Quotations

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
Albert Einstein

Public behavior is merely private character writ large.
Stephen Covey

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain

The Public is merely a multiplied "me."
Mark Twain

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
Mark Twain

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.
Mark Twain

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.
C. S. Lewis

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Merely Translations

merely in French is ne que
merely in German is lediglich
merely in Italian is solamente
merely in Swedish is blott, endast, bara

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