"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
  • His reported articles seem to me merely serviceable, and bog down the collection.
  • Fashion lingerie - as opposed to the merely serviceable kind - has assumed a new presence in the lives of Americans.
  • But countless singers with merely serviceable voices have also excelled there.
  • But the point of majolica as a continuing phenomenon was that it could be practiced at any level, from the sublime to the merely serviceable.
  • Merely serviceable in most departments, where Salt did excel was in the action sequences.
  • There are simply too many characters flitting by and too much writing that's merely serviceable.
  • The writing in this memoir, however, is merely serviceable, and the recipes too often require the home cook to bring a great deal of experience to the effort.
  • What happens among the three of them, told here in flashback, makes for a plot that's merely serviceable.
  • Richard Cerullo's sets made the most of the house's tiny stage, and were attractive, not merely serviceable.
  • It needs a stronger finish than it gets from a merely serviceable roster of desserts - the worst being an alarmingly sour chocolate cake.
2. merely functional = jedynie funkcjonalny merely functional
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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