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merely /'miəli/

Anh-Việt Anh-Anh Đồng nghĩa

Phó từ

chỉ

I merely ask his name

tôi chỉ hỏi tên ông ta mà thôi

I meant it merely as a joke

tôi nói điều đó chỉ là đùa thôi mà
adverb

only, just - used to say that someone or something is small, unimportant, etc.

This is merely a minor delay.

They were merely children when their father died.

Was it merely a coincidence?

It was merely a suggestion. - used to describe the only reason for something or the only effect of something

She got the job merely because her father owns the company. [=the only reason she got the job was because her father owns the company]

Your essay merely hints at the real problem.

You shouldn't blame her. She was merely following orders. [=she was following orders and not doing anything more than that]

I'm not criticizing you. I'm merely suggesting that we try a new approach.

not merely

used to say that one thing is true and that another thing is also true

He was not merely a great baseball player, he was also a great person.
adverb

I was merely going to ask if you'd like to go to the cinema

only

simply

basically

purely

essentially

fundamentally

at bottom

She was merely the scullery-maid. We can't unlock the safe merely on your authority

only

no more than

barely

scarcely

simply

solely

entirely