"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

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

Kolokacji: 5

(6) adequate, competent

Kolokacji: 2

(7) mortal, temporary, subjective

Kolokacji: 3

1. merely mortal = jedynie śmiertelny merely mortal

2. merely temporary = jedynie tymczasowy merely temporary

"It's merely temporary," he said in his most coaxing voice.
This is merely temporary, he promises, until he gets a job.
The bad news is that relief will be merely temporary.
I'd had some nasty shocks, but the worst one was merely temporary.
In a written statement, she stated that her retirement was merely temporary in order to start a family.
The effect of the gas, I am told, is merely temporary.
But Bernard always believed the lack of cash to be merely temporary.
Furthermore, the leaders say the new measure is not likely to make the cut merely temporary.
The jobs were merely temporary, for the duration of the hard winter.
He had been told that his condition was merely temporary, the result of stress, and would soon pass.

3. merely subjective = jedynie przypadek podmiotu merely subjective

(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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