Synonym: barely, only, purely, simply. Similar words: severely, sincerely, rely, barely, rely on, purely, mere, entirely. Meaning: ['mɪrlɪ /'mɪəl-] 
adv. and nothing more.
adv. and nothing more. 
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61, His resignation was merely a gesture.
62, The party's president had become merely a figurehead.
63, These parallels cannot be merely coincident.
64, These parallels cannot be merely coincidental.
65, Some students merely rehash what they've heard in lectures.
66, I meant it merely as a joke.
67, I'm merely stating what everybody knows anyway.
68, Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism from an ever-bleaker world.
69, They are offering merely technical assistance.
70, Your scheme is merely a castle in the air.
71, The property is merely a trust.
72, Women are reduced to merely playing a passive role.
73, The difficulties in her way merely strengthened her resolve.
74, He merely grunted at her and nodded his head.
75, They are not merely content to fill the stomach.
76, Statistics can be merely cold facts.
77, He is titular head, and merely signs laws occasionally.
78, Did she torment him merely for sport?
78, Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
79, He merely shrugged his shoulders in reply.
80, That might merely have been malicious gossip.
81, That is merely an academic discussion.
82, He said nothing, merely smiled and watched her.
83, His supposed generosity is merely a form of self-interest.
84, He merely cleared and concreted the floors.
85, I am merely stating the facts.
86, The Queen is merely a figurehead.
87, This research merely duplicates work already done elsewhere.
88, The minister's speech had merely fogged the issue.
89, He merely shook his head.
90, The inevitable conflict was merely postponed till the next meeting.