In truth
In truth adverb - In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers).
Merely
Merely adverb - Nothing more than.
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Synonyms for Merely
In truth and merely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In truth" instead an adverb "Merely".
Nearby Word: mere
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- In truth, she's been traumatized by the horrors of war, and her warmongering is merely a façade to hide her insecurities.
Source: Warhawk -
So in truth, back then, Hades wouldn't have been considered to be kidnapping Persephone, merely marrying her.
Source: Myth / Classical Mythology -
From the outside it looked almost as if Shinji was wearing a set of black robes, but in truth that was merely an illusion for his clothes did not impede his motions nearly as much as robes might.
Source: Fan Fic / Thousand Shinji
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