"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
(13) physical, mechanical
Kolokacji: 2
(14) clever, stupid
Kolokacji: 2
(15) conjectural, hypothetical
Kolokacji: 2
1. merely conjectural = jedynie oparty na przypuszczeniu merely conjectural
  • A mortgagee who takes the title-deeds cannot register, and his position as against that of a mortgagee whose mortgage is registrable and registered is at present, for lack of judicial decision, merely conjectural.
  • The earth had been for a considerable time lost to view, and the rate and direction of recent progress had become merely conjectural.
  • It should be noted that the accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.
  • I mention but one of them as with me merely conjectural, for it bases its plausibility upon a root in the Sanscrit, with which language I do not pretend to be acquainted.
  • The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.
  • If you were to ask me about the tertian ague or the osteology of the cassowary I could give you a reasonable answer, but the mental processes of this merely conjectural being ... I am afraid you must have embraced the soldiers' wild notion.
  • Although his birthday is celebrated on April 23, the evidence for this is, like much else in his life, merely conjectural.
  • But this supposition depends on a merely conjectural emendation of the text.
2. merely hypothetical = jedynie hipotetyczny merely hypothetical
(16) amusing, grotesque
Kolokacji: 2
(17) derivative, late
Kolokacji: 2

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