Synonym: barely, only, purely, simply. Similar words: severely, sincerely, rely, barely, rely on, purely, mere, entirely. Meaning: ['mɪrlɪ /'mɪəl-] adv. and nothing more.
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181, There, when animals are on the move, there is little social structure, merely a mass of advancing animals.
182, The dependence thesis does not claim that authorities always act for dependent reasons, but merely that they should do so.
183, There are admirers of rugged grandeur who are content merely to survey the scene from easy points of vantage.
184, Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. Paulo Coelho
185, If one were to merely list what is affirmed by Cooley, there would be a long list.
186, Does the bedrock constitutional principle of equal protection for all require affirmative action, merely allow it, or even prohibit it?
187, It doesn't kill them, it merely makes them slip off - a feature which can have important environmental advantages.
188, The connections between environmentalism and AIDS prevention are more than merely rhetorical.
189, Rape and battering are merely one end of a continuum of aggressive forms of behaviour of men to women.
190, Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man? Friedrich Nietzsche
191, But most feminists do not believe that abortion is merely the moral equivalent of a tonsillectomy.
192, Expatriate vehicles are kept to an absolute minimum, and site offices are merely caravans.
193, Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read, it merely records the degree of the lover's insecurity. Margaret Mead
194, And it is his deep affection for Jane as a child that saves her, while Owens' fortune merely supports her.
195, Lugar, 63, has tried to portray his life in politics as merely accidental.
196, The workers merely wish to clear a backlog of clients before the afternoon session begins.
197, The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship. Robert A. Heinlein
198, Parties will then negotiate as to whether once the limit is exceeded the full amount or merely the excess is claimable.Sentencedict.com
199, Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Albert Camus
200, You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Rabindranath Tagore
201, But those proposed amendments are merely the ones that generate the most political heat.
202, The mediator merely functions as a facilitator and has no legal power to force the parties to accept these suggestions.
203, Compassion is not just feeling with someone, but seeking to change the situation. Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action! Desmond Tutu
204, The burden of the essay will be merely to indicate how voluntarism can succeed in academic circles.
205, Avoid situations where you are merely an added attraction or gimmick!
206, This fact merely needs stating to show how absurd the law is.
207, If you love someone, then your freedom is curtailed. If you love someone, you give up much of your privacy. If you love someone, then you are no longer merely one person but half of a couple. To think or behave any other way is to risk losing that love. Laurell K. Hamilton
208, They are merely one method of making possible the ability to communicate out of which a community can grow.
209, The main dissent came from conservative Republicans who saw the compromise as merely disguising an administration capitulation on affirmative action and quotas.
210, Gossip which might have remained merely an irritation led by accident to altogether more dangerous consequences.