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Example sentences for: merely

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But then, the sad evidence presented by these pages is that Jesus is not merely rather stupid, but also a very bad writer.
His book, however, is not merely a great read.
Hiking is the simplest and most exhilarating way of seeing the countryside, whether in the Dolomites or the Alps, around the lakes and national parks, or merely trekking through the rolling hills of Tuscany or Umbria.
These were merely adequate, giving off in some cases a Quaylean whiff of heavy pre-programming, especially on foreign policy topics.
Regarding question (ii), we need to further differentiate two situations: patients drop out either (a) totally from the study and no data are collected after withdrawal, or (b) merely from the study assigned treatment with data still being collected.