Individually and Merely

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Individually adverb - Apart from others.

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Merely and individually are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Merely" instead an adverb "Individually".

Merely adverb - Nothing more than.

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Individually and merely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Individually" instead an adverb "Merely".

Nearby Word: mere

Wrong. Three bounty hunters with tricked out armor, two of whom are recurring villains who manage to be a big problem for Ben individually whenever one of them shows up, merely annoy him.

Source: The Juggernaut
Funny Background Event: In the final Boss Rush against the Order of No Quarter, each one will come to fight Shovel Knight individually while the others merely watch and wait... while eating or drinking.

Source: Video Game / Shovel Knight
Individually, goals tend to range from Failure Is the Only Option to merely ludicrously difficult (or "even if the GM can't think of a way to succeed, throw it at them anyway, they might come up with something").

Source: Unwinnable by Design

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