Mere and Perfect

Mere

Mere adjective - Being this and no more.

Perfect and mere are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perfect" instead an adjective "Mere".

Nearby Word: merely

Perfect

Perfect adjective - Being entirely without fault or flaw.

Mere and perfect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mere" instead an adjective "Perfect".

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Cheers She declares her intention to instead go out into the world and look for "a job that's perfect for me," as opposed to one as a mere waitress.
  • Western Animation / Shirt Tales The mere fact that they are talking animals is the perfect cover since most humans would assume that the Shirt Tales were also humans.
  • Insurrectionist Inheritor In Muslim folktales (not quite canon), humans are God's children and heirs precisely because we can defy Him, unlike angels, who are perfect and therefore mere servants.
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