According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
merely, simply, just, only, but
(adverb) and nothing more; “I was merely asking”; “it is simply a matter of time”; “just a scratch”; “he was only a child”; “hopes that last but a moment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
merely (not comparable)
(obsolete) Wholly, entirely. [16th-20th c.]
(focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more. [from 16th c.]
• (wholly)
• (without any other reason): See also merely
• Lemery, Remley
Source: Wiktionary
Mere"ly, adv.
1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. Chapman.
2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to obige your friends. Swift.
Syn.
– Solely; simply; purely; barely; scarcely.
-mere. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: A combining form meaning part, portion; as, blastomere, epimere.
Mere, n. Etym: [Written also mar.] Etym: [OE. mere, AS. mere mere, sea; akin to D. meer lake, OS. meri sea, OHG. meri, mari, G. meer, Icel. marr, Goth. marei, Russ. more, W. mor, Ir. & Gael. muir, L. mare, and perh. to L. mori to die, and meaning originally, that which is dead, a waste. Cf. Mortal, Marine, Marsh, Mermaid, Moor.]
Definition: A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson.
Mere, n. Etym: [Written also meer and mear.] Etym: [AS. gemære. sq. root269.]
Definition: A boundary. Bacon.
Mere, v. t.
Definition: To divide, limit, or bound. [Obs.] Which meared her rule with Africa. Spenser.
Mere, n.
Definition: A mare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mere, a. [Superl. Merest. The comparative is rarely or never used.] Etym: [L. merus.]
1. Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified. Then entered they the mere, main sea. Chapman. The sorrows of this world would be mere and unmixed. Jer. Taylor.
2. Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation. Atterbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 April 2024
(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.