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mere adjective & adverb. LME.
[Anglo-Norman meer (in legal uses), Old French mier or its source Latin merus.]
A. adjective.
Pure, unmixed; undiluted. LME-M19.
Done, performed, or exercised without help; sole. LME.
That is what it is in the full sense of the term; absolute, entire, sheer, perfect, downright. LME-L18.
Having no greater extent, range, value, power, or importance than the designation implies; that is barely or only what it is said to be; (chiefly pred.) insignificant, ordinary, foolish, inept. L16.
J. M. Murry The mere remembering of great works is not knowledge of them. M. Dickens Sissons, who didn't count, because she was the Junior and mere. C. Milne A tiny push, the merest fraction of my full weight. J. Barnes The great Gothic cathedrals..had the power to convert by their mere presence. T. Parks A mere piece of foil paper.
Special collocations: mere right Law (a) right as distinguished from possession.
B. adverb. Merely. LME-M17.
mereness noun (rare) (a) purity; (b) the state or quality of being merely something or of being small or insignificant: M17.