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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɪəli/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈmɪɹli/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈmɪəli/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈmiəli/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)li

副詞

merely (not comparable)

1. (focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: but, simply; see also Thesaurus:merely

   • 1951 October, Bruce Hayden, “Of Cabbageheads and Kings”, in Chess Review:

     But let us not be unfair to the kibitzers. Not all players hate 'em. Some merely dislike 'em.

   • 1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 20:

     All these people, who have tried to set you against me out of envy and love of slander – and some too merely passing on what they have been told by others – all these are very difficult to deal with.

2. (obsolete) Wholly, entirely. [16th–20th c.]

   Synonyms: exclusively, purely; see also Thesaurus:solely

   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:

     It is not forgot, since the acute and distinct Arminius was perverted meerly by the perusing of a namelesse discourse writt'n at Delf, which at first he took in hand to confute.

   • 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts:

     I am sorry to say, that I doubt if there is a judge in Massachusetts who is prepared to resign his office, and get his living innocently, whenever it is required of him to pass sentence under a law which is merely contrary to the law of God.

アナグラム

• Lemery, Remley