merely
Adverb
Meaning
Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.
Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.
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I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
If people could realize that we are merely passing through this Earth... That we are guests here... That every meeting with an acquaintance or a friend could be the last, they would be more humble and less cruel.
Imagination gallops, judgment merely walks.
The cheese vessel will not sail merely by words.
When a drunken man meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and being truly mad.