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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

仅仅

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jǐn jǐn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mere/mɪər/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这仅仅是一个误会。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Used to emphasize that something is small or insignificant.

    "He was defeated by a mere novice."
  2. 2

    Being nothing more than what is specified; exclusive of anything else.

    "The mere thought of public speaking makes her nervous."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'mere', originating from Old English 'mǣre' meaning pure, absolute, or clear. It traces further back to Proto-Germanic '*mairijaz' and Indo-European root '*mer-', signifying brightness or purity, eventually shifting in Modern English to denote something small, insignificant, or exclusive of anything else.

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