only

Significado

Adj

1. Alone in a category.
2. Singularly superior; the best.
3. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
4. (obsolete) Mere.

Adv

1. Without others or anything further; exclusively.
2. No more than; just.
3. As recently as.
4. Emphasizing something that is just or necessary.
5. Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
6. Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
7. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.

Conj

1. (informal) Under the condition that; but.
2. But; except.

Noun

An only child.

Hifenizado como

on‧ly

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈəʊn.li/

Etimologia

From Middle English oonly, onli, onlych, onelich, anely, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“like; similar; equal”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz, equivalent to one + -ly. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.

Frases

Only get me back to my husband and kids .

Só me leva de volta ao meu marido e filhos.

It would have been visible to me , had I only looked up as it passed .

Teria sido visível para mim, se eu só olhasse para cima quando passou.

This time , however , their top flight stay lasted only one season .

Desta vez, no entanto, sua estadia de primeira linha durou apenas uma temporada.

We were only half a mile from the destination when the engine packed in .

Estávamos a apenas 800 metros do destino quando o motor empacotou.

I'm City Editor in name only .

Sou editor da cidade apenas em nome.

They're only made of rock crystal , and there are millions of rock crystals in the earth .

Eles são feitos apenas de cristal de rocha e existem milhões de cristais de rocha na terra.

McCreary County is the only Kentucky county to not have a single incorporated city .

O Condado de McCreary é o único condado de Kentucky a não ter uma única cidade incorporada.

The flag of Nutopia has only one colour: white .

A bandeira de Nutopia tem apenas uma cor: branco.