"merely" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

merely adverbio

verbo + merely
Kolokacji: 398
merely nod • merely smile • merely try • merely look • merely give • merely serve • merely want • merely use • merely take • ...
merely + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 53
merely curious • content merely • merely human • merely decorative • merely symbolic • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(6) adequate, competent
Kolokacji: 2
(10) annoying, irritating
Kolokacji: 2
1. merely serviceable = jedynie sprawny merely serviceable
2. merely functional = jedynie funkcjonalny merely functional
  • These are an essential part of the lexicon, and not merely functional morphemes.
  • The auditorium, with its industrial gray walls and tiny white Christmas lights, seems merely functional and, for the time being, new.
  • The dining room is tiny, unadorned and merely functional, with just 24 seats.
  • There is a single-player campaign, but it's merely functional.
  • The outpost had been built to a massive scale, but the architecture was merely functional and the place seemed largely uninhabited.
  • The factory makes merely functional shoes, and the market for them is drying up.
  • Luckily, the merely functional story never gets in the way of the punch lines.
  • As a result, products cannot be merely functional.
  • Before the machine age, elaborate surface treatments distinguished the well wrought from the merely functional.
  • But it is much more than a merely functional community.
3. merely practical = jedynie praktyczny merely practical
(13) physical, mechanical
Kolokacji: 2
(14) clever, stupid
Kolokacji: 2
(15) conjectural, hypothetical
Kolokacji: 2
(16) amusing, grotesque
Kolokacji: 2
(17) derivative, late
Kolokacji: 2

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