merely

adv/ˈmɪəli//ˈmɪɹli/
  1. 1.

    chỉ, đơn thuần

    Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.

    • But let us not be unfair to the kibitzers. Not all players hate 'em. Some merely dislike 'em.
    • 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.
    absolutelycompletelyfuckingindeedverybarelybutjust
  2. 2.

    hoàn toàn

    Wholly, entirely.

    ℹ Từ này trong ngữ cảnh này mang nghĩa cổ, tương đương với 'entirely' hoặc 'wholly', khác với nghĩa hiện đại là 'chỉ là'.

    • 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.
    • 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.