Bible Dictionaries
Merely

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(adv.) Purely; unmixedly; absolutely.

(2):

(adv.) Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Merely'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/merely.html. 1828.