Thesaurus:merely
English
Sense: no more than
Detail: Focus adverb. Used as a generic downtoner (reduces intensity of meaning).
Antonyms
- absolutely
- all-fired (chiefly US)
- completely [⇒ thesaurus]
- fuck-off (vulgar, slang)
- fucking (vulgar)
- indeed
- literally (proscribed)
- motherfucking (very vulgar)
- very [⇒ thesaurus]
- very much
Further reading
- “32. smallness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “merely” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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