I didn't say that you had to go - I merely suggested that you might like to go.

merely 是副词，来自形容词 mere（仅仅的、纯粹的），意思是"仅仅、只不过"，用于强调事情的程度很轻或范围很小。在句中表示说话人只是提出建议，并非强制要求。