Meanings of make merely in English

For this reason I will pass over the rest that might be said, and make merely a brief statement to you.

Mori has a complex response to Tony Abbott's new security laws that might make merely being in Syria or Iraq a crime.

His tone, which he tried to make merely contemptuous, conveyed the deep wrath which he still felt whenever his mind reverted to Larry.

A judicious selection of materials made to show the mineral wealth of the State was considered more desirable than to make merely a large display.

If we were made merely to be happy, why this hostility all around us?

Sir Cecil says their statements are made merely to place England in a false position.

This movement was made merely for the purpose of finding a better and safer position.

Progress cannot be made merely out of details.

This innuendo was without foundation or excuse, and was made merely to create a political sensation.

The plea of the lady of the tavern parlor had made merely a ripple in his resolves.

Marco knew that the quiet mention of the stranger's title had been made merely as a designation.

This small flight into biology is made merely for the dim light it may cast on the Kipling half-truth.

With the rope he made merely a large loop round the stationary cable, to which hung the empty car.

The "negro question" to-day is made merely a matter of politics, rather than one of political economy.

He does not seem to pause to think that music was not made merely for pleasure, but to say things.

"Such strong ties," he reasoned, "could not have been made merely to be broken."