"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
(17) derivative, late
Kolokacji: 2
1. merely latest = jedynie najnowszy merely latest
2. merely derivative = jedynie derywowany merely derivative
  • "Saul of the Mole Men" is merely derivative.
  • Yet his creations are not merely derivative, and each premiere had its own distinct theatrical personality.
  • But "Omnium Gatherum" never feels merely derivative and schematic.
  • There is a fine line, however, between making clever stage references to other shows and presenting work that is merely derivative.
  • Some later critics deny "that these poems are merely derivative of Imagism or, indeed, that they are successful, even in theoretical terms, as imagist poems.
  • A key consideration is the extent to which the use is interpreted as transformative, as opposed to merely derivative.
  • Disciplines which exist only at the intersection of other disciplines may be regarded as merely derivative or parasitic, and their very identity doubted or denied (Albrow 1986).
  • Gyekye challenges the view that in African thought, community confers personhood on the individual and thus the individual's identity is merely derivative of the community.
  • Mondrian, no less, admired "Stenographic Figure," which looks to us merely derivative.
  • Some, regrettably, looked merely derivative, while others added personal quirks.

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