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.

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This is not merely an intuitively satisfying compromise between looking and leaping. Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025 The book is built around this idea that art can teach us to live, not merely to know. Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025 Advertisement Reading or writing poetry are not merely expressions of defiance or despair, but measures of active healing. K.j.s. “sunny” Anand, Time, 15 Oct. 2025 But was this cynicism not merely an excuse for a lack of resolve? Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for not merely

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“Not merely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20merely. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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