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

And the evidence that this is dangerous, not merely uncomfortable, is now substantial and growing. — Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

In these conditions, depression has become the most common disease, not merely as a psychiatric phenomenon but as a social response to current material, economic and political realities. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

The architect’s duty is not merely to replicate things from the past, but to reinterpret them. — Jeffrey Dungan, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026

Ozlo framed the larger ambition around using sleep and environmental data not merely to report what happened overnight but eventually to personalize how the device responds. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for not merely

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