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What does merely mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word merely? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. (obsolete) Wholly, entirely. [16th-20th c.]
  2. (focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more. [from 16th c.]
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The physician merely waves an electronic wand in front of the patient's chest.
I left the theatre, not raging at a failed masterpiece, but merely feeling a little jaded and nonplussed.
They are also very expensive, which is merely unfortunate since, like intaglios and Abyssinian cats, they are infinitely desirable.
The second point, my Lord, is that merely being offered some nebulous assurance at this stage provides absolutely no comfort whatsoever.
Inspectors would not aim to reward excellence or to measure quality, merely to identify incompetence or fraud.
I merely thought that Raczysnki was warming the crowd up for the inevitable madness to come.

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