Resident vs Merely - What's the difference?
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Person]], animal or plant [[live, living at a location or in an area.
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A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
A graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty.
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.
Based in a particular place; on hand; local.
(obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain.
* Jeremy Taylor
* Davenant
(obsolete) Wholly, entirely.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
(focus) Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
In obsolete terms the difference between resident and merely
is that resident is fixed; stable; certain while merely is wholly, entirely.As a noun resident
is person, animal or plant living at a location or in an area.As an adjective resident
is dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate.As an adverb merely is
wholly, entirely.resident
English
(wikipedia resident)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* permanent residentAdjective
(en adjective)- resident in the city or in the country
- He is our resident computer expert.
- stable and resident like a rock
- one there still resident as day and night
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* ----merely
English
Adverb
(-)- It is not forgot, since the acute and distinct Arminius'' was perverted meerly by the perusing of a namelesse discourse writt'n at ''Delf , which at first he took in hand to confute.