"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
(16) amusing, grotesque
Kolokacji: 2
1. merely amusing = jedynie rozśmieszając merely amusing
  • But now it is more obvious than ever that for Wegman, dogs are not merely amusing pets.
  • If the zinc story were an isolated anecdote, it would be merely amusing.
  • And if they were not wealthy, they were powerful or useful or merely amusing.
  • It is always difficult with Poirot to know when he is serious and when he is merely amusing hirnseff at one's expense.
  • At that point it asks to be considered not merely amusing but important.
  • Perhaps we, who live inside the landscape and who invented its imagery, think it is merely amusing, not the stuff of myth.
  • Merely amusing.
  • This is not merely amusing; it adds a new twist to the nature-nurture debate.
  • I, at least, can no longer get enthusiastic about ordering merely amusing images for my cell phone.
  • "He is merely amusing?"
2. merely grotesque = jedynie groteska merely grotesque
(17) derivative, late
Kolokacji: 2

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