not merely

idiom

—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.

Examples of not merely in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Powell wants jurors to view Lorch as not merely a volunteer coach, a status that in some instances might be outside the scope of day-to-day church activities, but instead an integral member of the church community whose actions and conduct were within the purview of church officials. —Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2025

This means that the root of the bias problem is not merely in addressing biased training data or skewed outputs, but in the market structures that shape technology design in the first place. —Adrian Kuenzler, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025

This is not merely a contest over spheres of influence or lines on a map. —Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 16 Dec. 2025

In fact, in many sectors, China is not merely competitive with the United States but is vying for dominance. —Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for not merely

• cavalierly
• austerely
• severely
• sincerely
• clearly
• dearly
• nearly
• queerly
• yearly