No. 4,468 in Catalan
merament
Merely.
In a sentence
Merament vam seguir les instruccions que teníem.
We merely followed the instructions we had.
Here, 'merament' is used to mean 'merely' or 'only', indicating that only the mentioned action was performed without further implication.
El projecte va ser merament conceptual, sense cap implementació pràctica.
The project was merely conceptual, with no practical implementation.
'Merament' is used here to stress that it was only at the conceptual level, highlighting the lack of other attributes.
Va assistir a la reunió merament per expressar la seva opinió.
He attended the meeting merely to express his opinion.
In this case, 'merament' serves to narrow the purpose of the action to a single motive or reason.
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