Sentence examples for I mean merely from inspiring English sources

I mean merely to josh, not to be blatantly irreverent, for who would seriously argue that Roth's career is not worthy of celebration?

ADAM GOPNIK: Well, I mean merely that you start off with ideas buzzing around in your head, and then you try to give them the simpler, more graceful shape, of a feeling that a reader might share.

I mean merely that it is, as Coleridge said (defining poetry), "the best words in the best order".

ADAM GOPNIK: I meant merely that, as it says a sentence or two before, that the content of our ideas — the butter — is more important than the containers, or vehicles — the toast — that carries them.

Nor does it mean merely letting the market go its own way.

I don't mean merely that I partake of grits and greens, which were always available in the cafeteria, for breakfast and lunch, respectively.

Disliking doesn't mean opposing: it means merely disliking.

Too often, it means merely a cross-hatching of symmetrically-opposed sympathies – a studied neutrality, as neat as the certainties it opposes.

Nowadays, I think that when a drug involved in the treatment of cancer is said to have minimal side effects, it means merely that it does not cause hair loss.

When I describe something as beautiful, I do not mean merely that it pleases me: I am speaking about it, not about myself, and, if challenged, I try to find reasons for my view.

I don't mean merely sending out impersonal blanket emails, I mean real, proactive engagement.