Merely


[meer-lee] /ˈmɪər li/

adverb
1.
only as specified and nothing more; simply:
merely a matter of form.
2.
Obsolete.

/ˈmɪəlɪ/
adverb
1.
only; nothing more than
adv.

mid-15c., “entirely, purely,” from mere (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning “and nothing more” is from 1580s.

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