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Placed at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small,…Placed at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small, undemanding or deserving of belittlement.
» There's only a little milk left.
Es ist nur noch wenig Milch da. — Sudajaengi
Es ist nur ein bisschen Milch übrig. — Yorwba
Молока осталось совсем немного. — marafon
Лишилося лише трохи молока. — deniko
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1 senses(Singapore, Singlish)Placed at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small, undemanding or deserving of belittlement.
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Examples
17644 sentencesThere's only a little milk left.
Лишилося лише трохи молока. — deniko
ruМолока осталось совсем немного. — marafon
deEs ist nur noch wenig Milch da. — Sudajaengi
You gave me only fifty cents.
Ти дав мені лише п'ятдесят центів. — Anjy
ruВы дали мне только пятьдесят центов. — marafon
deDu hast mir nur fünfzig Cent gegeben. — driini
I can only speak for myself.
Я можу говорити лише за себе. — deniko
ruЯ могу говорить только за себя. — marafon
deIch kann nur für mich sprechen. — MUIRIEL
If only he had been there.
Якби ж тільки він там був! — deniko
ruЕсли бы он только был там. — odexed
She has buried her only son.
Вона поховала свого єдиного сина. — aandrusiak
ruОна похоронила единственного сына. — marafon
deSie hat ihren einzigen Sohn beerdigt. — Wolf
Origin
From Middle English oonly, only, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“only; singular; solitary”From Middle English oonly, only, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“only; singular; solitary”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). By surface analysis, on(e) + -ly.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- C1Inversion: advanced patterns — Because the lesson uses it
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.