EGAVE

merely

About 58.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. adverb Wholly, entirely.

Similar words

but simply only just exclusively simple solely single alone uniquely

Often followed by

a to the as an because by in for that

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