not merely
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—used to say that one thing is true and that another thing is also true
He was not merely a great baseball player, he was also a great person.
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So how then does an old lady like me put herself together in a way that is not merely suitable, but interesting—maybe even worth looking at?
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Judith Viorst, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
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Acting in good faith is not merely about avoiding deception but about proactively cultivating transparency and maintaining ethical integrity in every aspect of financial advising.
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Such eye-opening depictions of 19th and 20th-century atrocities, much like the contemporary accounts on the issue of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women, are not merely instructive, but necessary.
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Judith Viorst, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
Atopic Dermatitis Is More Than Just Skin Deep One of my biggest lessons is that atopic dermatitis is not merely a skin issue.
—Edward Taguba, Health, 31 Mar. 2025
Acting in good faith is not merely about avoiding deception but about proactively cultivating transparency and maintaining ethical integrity in every aspect of financial advising.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Such eye-opening depictions of 19th and 20th-century atrocities, much like the contemporary accounts on the issue of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women, are not merely instructive, but necessary.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Not merely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20merely. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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