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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It might have been produced, and not merely set, in a torturer’s basement.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
For Engelhardt, the problem screen time named was not merely one of duration but one of pace.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
The charge of genocide against Israel is not merely wrong.
—Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
This is not merely an intuitively satisfying compromise between looking and leaping.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
For Engelhardt, the problem screen time named was not merely one of duration but one of pace.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
The charge of genocide against Israel is not merely wrong.
—Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
This is not merely an intuitively satisfying compromise between looking and leaping.
—Big Think, 20 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 2 Nov. 2025.
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