"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

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

Kolokacji: 5

(4) decorative, symbolic, cosmetic, ornamental

Kolokacji: 4

1. merely decorative = jedynie ozdobny merely decorative

2. merely symbolic = jedynie symboliczny merely symbolic

3. merely cosmetic = jedynie kosmetyczny merely cosmetic

But some residents say the changes are merely cosmetic.
Feminist methodological innovations can have a merely cosmetic effect, however.
But some other economists are not so sure that any changes will be merely cosmetic.
Regulars will be happy that the changes at Pumpernickels are merely cosmetic.
"Then we agree that the distinction is merely cosmetic," Amolde said.
Colour is another important factor, and is not merely cosmetic.
Construction costs had to be cut to the bone, and building restricted to the merely cosmetic.
Resolving the Union's institutional problems is not a merely cosmetic issue.
Until this happens, any other policy will be merely cosmetic.
It it is merely cosmetic I am not so sure why it was done in the first place?

4. merely ornamental = jedynie drzewo ozdobne merely ornamental

(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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