merely

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈmɪəli/

Adverb

focus not-comparable obsolete

(focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more. / (obsolete) Wholly, entirely.

Japanese Meaning

単に、ただ（他の理由や要因がなく、単一の理由のみであることを示す） / ～だけ、ただそれだけという限定的な意味合い / 全く、完全に（古語的・時代遅れの用法）

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She smiled merely out of politeness, not because she was happy.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は幸せだからではなく、単に礼儀として微笑んだ。

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Sense（1）

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

Sense（2）

(obsolete) Wholly, entirely.

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.

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