merely

Example Sentences

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It wasn’t merely difficult to lose weight; it felt risky to want to.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the holiday season, there were online pile-ons galore, with straight women repeatedly taking gay critics of the show to task over their negative or merely interrogative opinions of the series.

From Salon

That isn’t merely a matter of selling goods to willing buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal

China is now big enough to mint a world-beating movie almost entirely on its own — and powerful enough to decide whether a Hollywood tentpole merely succeeds, or becomes truly historic.

From MarketWatch

Anything else, including the ball drop on your bucket list, is merely a distraction.

From MarketWatch