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** = "only" as in "barely any but some or a few" | ** = "only" as in "barely any but some or a few" | ||
*** can be negative, as in "''What, that's merely a two bucks!''" | *** can be negative, as in "''What, that's merely a two bucks!''" | ||
*** or positive, as in | **** also, "hardly" | ||
*** or positive, as in | |||
**** "''Merely two bucks is all it took!''" | **** "''Merely two bucks is all it took!''" | ||
**** or "''I got in done in mere seconds''" | **** or "''I got in done in mere seconds''" |