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Discover LudwigThe phrase "act merely" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone is performing an action in a minimal or superficial manner, often implying that there is more depth or significance to the action.
Example: "He seemed to act merely out of obligation rather than genuine interest."
Alternatives: "act only" or "perform simply".
Exact(39)
Instead, the act merely insists that the "lead audit partner" be rotated every five years.
Under its provisions, the home secretary will act merely on suspicion and belief.
Why artificially preserve "bookmakers" who act merely as brokers between on-course punters and exchanges?
But such experts act merely as agents carrying out the client's bidding.
Fact: No, the act merely ensures that they will no longer be sold by 2014.
Is "publication" really to be regarded as a continuous act merely because a document appears online?
Similar(21)
Even while watching the play he has manipulated to catch the guilty king, Hamlet does not act but merely muses.
In truth, this circus troupe is not the headline act but merely an ocular lens that compliments and emotionally heightens the musical score.
It acts merely as a holding chamber and therefore is not a true stomach.
Tommy Davis says that these projects were done by contractors, and that Brousseau acted merely as an adviser.
Via its reduction, nitrate acts merely as the source of adsorbed nitrogen-containing intermediates, which then undergo complex oxidative or reductive transformations depending on the electrode potential.
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