"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
1. merely good = jedynie dobry merely good
2. merely inconvenient = jedynie niedogodny merely inconvenient
3. merely technical = jedynie techniczny merely technical
4. merely arbitrary = jedynie arbitralny merely arbitrary
5. merely superficial = jedynie powierzchowny merely superficial
  • This one had suffered a brief collision out in the rockyards, but the scrapes and discolorations were merely superficial.
  • On this, Origen's accord with the teachings of the Church was merely superficial.
  • "But magic is tricky, after all, and it is so hard to really master beyond the merely superficial."
  • Though workers were applying a coat of paint when I was there, the repairs were merely superficial.
  • At the same time, individual species were taken to have a fixed essence; such inherited changes were merely superficial.
  • Do you think Bunger is right, or is he merely superficial?
  • Thus he concludes that things really are the same, and that all evidences of change are merely superficial.
  • Others argue that the comparison between cestui que and Roman law is merely superficial.
  • The color in these cases is "not merely superficial", but an actual coloration of the hair.
  • During this time they develop a romance and their teacher-student relationship is merely superficial.
(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

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