different between merely vs slighty

merely

English

Etymology

From mere +? -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?m??li/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?m??li/

Adverb

merely (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Wholly, entirely. [16th-20th c.]
  2. (focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more. [from 16th c.]

Synonyms

  • (wholly):
  • (without any other reason): See also Thesaurus:merely

Translations

Anagrams

  • Lemery, Remley

Middle English

Adverb

merely

  1. Alternative form of merily

merely From the web:

  • what merely mean
  • what merely existing meaning
  • what's merely in tagalog
  • merely meaning arabic
  • merely what does that mean
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  • merely what education makes of him


slighty

English

Adjective

slighty (comparative more slighty, superlative most slighty)

  1. (obsolete) slight
    • 1671, John Eachard, Some Observations upon the Answer
      Let them shew where any thing is advised or commanded after this slothful and slighty way.

Anagrams

  • Lightys, sightly

slighty From the web:

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  • what slightly used
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  • what does slightly mean
  • what is considered lightly active
  • what are slightly movable joints
  • what is slightly high blood pressure
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