"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

Thus, these wheel covers are functional rather than merely decorative.
Earlier when he'd tried to take one down, he'd found that they were merely decorative.
Creslin only nods, since any words from him are merely decorative.
Their use went from merely decorative to sacred and ceremonial grave goods.
"As clear warning that she is not merely decorative."
Too much food today is merely decorative, declaims this chef, getting a bit hot himself now.
But I had not been raised to be merely decorative.
Sometimes it came out as merely decorative and without urgency.
After studying them, however, we've concluded that they are merely decorative.
The cake was merely decorative; the buffet dinner ended with - what else?

2. merely symbolic = jedynie symboliczny merely symbolic

3. merely cosmetic = jedynie kosmetyczny merely cosmetic

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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