English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From mere -ly
Pronunciation [ edit ] merely (not comparable )
( obsolete ) Wholly , entirely . [16th-20th c.]
1644 , John Milton , Aeropagitica :
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.
( focus ) Without any other reason etc.; only , just , and nothing more . [from 16th c.]
Translations [ edit ]
only, just, and nothing more
Arabic: بِالْكَاد bi-l-kād )
Belarusian: то́лькі tólʹki ), про́ста prósta )
Catalan: merament simplement
Chinese:
Mandarin: 只是 (zh) (zhǐshì ), 只不過 (zh) , 只不过 (zh) (zhǐbuguò ), 僅僅 (zh) , 仅仅 (zh) (jǐnjǐn )
Czech: pouze (cs)
Dutch: alleen (nl) , louter (nl)
Finnish: vain (fi) , ainoastaan (fi) , pelkästään (fi)
French: simplement (fr) , uniquement (fr) , seulement (fr)
German: bloß (de) , lediglich (de) , nur (de) , schier (de)
Hungarian: csak (hu) , csupán (hu)
Italian: soltanto (it) , solamente (it) , meramente (it) , semplicemente (it)
Japanese: 単に たんに, tanni ), ばかり (ja) (bakari ), ただ (ja) (tada )
Khmer: គ្រាន់តែ (km) (kroan tae )
Korean: 한낱 (ko) (hannat ), 그저 (ko) (geujeo ), 단지 (ko) (danji )
Latin: sōlum (la)
Navajo: tʼóó
Nyunga: arda
Polish: tylko (pl)
Portuguese: meramente (pt) , somente (pt)
Romanian: doar (ro) , abia (ro)
Russian: то́лько (ru) (tólʹko ), про́сто (ru) (prósto ), лишь (ru) (lišʹ ), всего́-на́всего (ru) (vsevó-návsevo )
Serbo-Croatian: prosto (sh) , jedino (sh)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jano
Spanish: (please verify ) meramente (please verify ) sólo (es) (please verify ) solamente (es) (please verify ) uno y nada más
Turkish: sadece (tr) , yalnızca (tr)
Ukrainian: лише́ lyšé ), ті́льки (uk) (tílʹky ), про́сто prósto )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
ǃXóõ: ǁʻáa
Statistics [ edit ] 
