| mere | (adjective) apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | Synonyms: bare, simple |
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| (adjective) being nothing more than specified | - |
| (noun) a small pond of standing water | - |
| merely | (adverb) and nothing more | Synonyms: but, just, only, simply |
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| merestone | (noun) an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab | Synonyms: mearstone, meerestone |
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| meretricious | (adjective) like or relating to a prostitute | - |
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| (adjective) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing | Synonyms: gilded, glossy, specious |
| (adjective) tastelessly showy | Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy |
| meretriciously | (adverb) in a meretricious manner | Synonyms: flashily |
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| meretriciousness | (noun) an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility | Synonyms: speciousness |
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| (noun) tasteless showiness | Synonyms: brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, tawdriness |