Another interpretation is that awash with liquidity merely means that interest rates are low. But interest rates have been increasing around the world since 2003.

I merely suspect.

3. As a result, in many cases states of emergency merely became the legal means of legalizing the worst abuses and the most pernicious forms of arbitrariness.

By means of that resolution the international community chose to see women not merely as victims in conflict situations, but as active participants in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

Merely your neighbor, sir.

He's merely been detained.

She merely repeated it.

He's merely a front.

But normal is merely average.

I was merely behaving badly.

I merely told the reporter...

Merely a vivid subjective image.

You're not. You're merely direct.

You are merely a general.

Merely quoting the law, dear.

Merely after winter went away

Scenic routes are not merely roads, and automobile campsites should not merely meet board and lodging requirements

They merely decided to lead them.

These legends are not merely myths.

This problem is perhaps merely theoretical.

I'd merely make a little fire.

I was merely asking a question.

If it suits your purpose, merely...

She receives merely the interest, unless

Merely disappointment in your limited imagination.

I merely undress in the bathroom.

I merely wanted to suggest that...

I'm merely quoting a renowned speech.

He merely tries to explain it.

Perhaps merely indulging some barbaric custom.

You merely pretend they don't exist.

Mr Ling, it is merely timing...

No. I am merely a pipeline.

Optimism is merely a lack of information.

However, this is not merely a priority.

Stella merely suffers with a general delicacy.

Apparently, the strangers merely crossed the yard,

I merely asked what you're doing here.

I am merely offering an opinion, General.

I merely ask you to read this.

With me, it is merely good manners.

I was merely going to say that...

Why? He was merely doing his duty.

Traits have come to be seen as consistent patterns of personality rather than inherited characteristics. This definition mixes nature and nurture, and means that traits can to some extent be learned rather than merely inherited.

For some, the US has moved from too much engagement under Bush to doing too little under Barack Obama. For others, Obama is merely pursuing Bush s foreign policy through other means drones instead of soldiers.