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Discover Ludwig"was merely" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express the idea that something was only a small or insignificant part of a larger whole. For example, "The meal was merely a snack, nothing more."
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She was merely young.
I was merely myself.
That was merely politic.
Marbury was merely dazed.
It was merely a joke.
Its flight was merely suborbital.
It was merely thought small.
He was merely hapless.
Wallace, though, was merely getting started.
England's team confrontation was merely simmering.
It was merely a "friendly gesture".
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