āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He merely nodded in reply and walked away.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āύā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāϞ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āύāĨ¤
1.1
āĻā§āĻŦāϞ, āĻļā§āϧā§
used to downplay someone or something, stressing that they are minor, simple, or not significant
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The noise was merely an annoyance, not a real problem.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŦ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
merely
mere
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