"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 1

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 17

(1) curious, interested, unconscious, speculative, improbable

Kolokacji: 5

(2) content, theoretical, rhetorical, academic

Kolokacji: 4

1. content merely = zawartość jedynie content merely

Not merely content to sue you, they have been making noises in Washington about the need to get tough on the insurance companies.
Not content merely to ignore the science, they have decided to go after the scientists.
But many Democrats said they will not be content merely to clean up elections.
She took no part in the general conversation, but was content merely to listen.
They simply had not elected to build up any notable form of civilization and were content merely to be left alone.
He sighed, for once not merely content but happy.
A large passive woman, she seemed content merely to sit in the sunlight and read.
Unlike us, she is not content merely to look at the produce before buying.
Eighteen months previously I would have been content merely to be alive.
He seemed content merely to watch and let matters unfold.

2. merely theoretical = jedynie teoretyczny merely theoretical

3. merely rhetorical = jedynie retoryczny merely rhetorical

4. merely academic = jedynie naukowy merely academic

(3) human, sentimental, mediocre, average, indifferent

Kolokacji: 5

(4) decorative, symbolic, cosmetic, ornamental

Kolokacji: 4

(5) good, inconvenient, technical, superficial, arbitrary

Kolokacji: 5

(6) adequate, competent

Kolokacji: 2

(7) mortal, temporary, subjective

Kolokacji: 3

(8) descriptive, advisory, indicative

Kolokacji: 3

(9) incidental, coincidental, accidental

Kolokacji: 3

(10) annoying, irritating

Kolokacji: 2

(11) ceremonial, nominal, eccentric, banal

Kolokacji: 4

(12) serviceable, functional, practical

Kolokacji: 3

(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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