Sentence examples for otherwise merely from inspiring English sources
Instead, many young couples who might otherwise merely be dating are moving in together.
Entelechy, (from Greek entelecheia), in philosophy, that which realizes or makes actual what is otherwise merely potential.
His astronomy thus made pressing and practical the otherwise merely difficult problem of the quadrature of conics and the associated theory of indivisibles.
Mrs. Bojanowski makes "Momma's Boys" outrage entertainment when it would otherwise merely remind us that most mothers don't want their sons dating women who cite their career as "bartender-model".
Playing a husband and wife under moral siege during the Salem witch trials, Liam Neeson and Laura Linney bring a transfixing heat to Richard Eyre's otherwise merely sweaty revival of Arthur Miller's 1953 drama.
Matthew Barry's otherwise merely serviceable scenic design features an evocative backdrop of small-town rooftops that makes it seem possible to fly into the golden light of one of those houses' windows and a calmer, gentler world.
The Act dealt with any offender who was armed and with a blacked face, armed and otherwise disguised, merely blacked, merely disguised, accessories after the fact or "any other person or persons".
These too help to elevate a performance that might otherwise be merely pleasant (and flamenco isn't an art form that can do with being merely pleasant), creating necessary contrasts and tones.
Most would otherwise be merely indifferent tourist destinations.
Otherwise it merely feels like rent-a-gob.
A lifetime spent rearing children is not longer than one spent otherwise; it merely feels longer.Laurel HalbanyPortland, OregonSIR Female life expectancy has not always been greater than that of men.
