not merely

phrase

—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

After working for more than a decade in club music’s trenches, the brothers now aspired to be not merely DJs, but a dance-music act known for spectacular live performances. — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2026

Those power players are the ones who have both institutional authority and strong personal networks, not merely one or the other. — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

Cameron said crime writers should incorporate the technology into their stories, and not merely for veracity’s sake. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

The fitting room becomes not merely a site of reflection but of temporal collapse, where personal history, maternal lineage, and contemporary constructions of femininity coexist. — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for not merely

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