"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

According to him the presence of international troops was merely symbolic and they were not supposed to use force.
While few of the state laws will have as much impact as California's, they are not merely symbolic.
In general the sarcophagi are merely symbolic, and the actual body lies below the floor.
It was suggested in the last chapter that some so-called 'policies' may be merely symbolic.
The political significance of tonight's meeting was merely symbolic, since the county does not have the power to close the plant.
If it were merely symbolic, it would not have to be this large.
Of course, the act was merely symbolic: the gold's temporary return to the earth.
But that makes the value of these newly identified species - and of all others - merely symbolic.
We don't expect the visits themselves to be merely symbolic.
Her role as head of the church is 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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