OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 9427

only

/ˈəʊn.li/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
señero • único
Alone in a category.
He is the only doctor for miles.
The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials.
irrepetible • singular • único
Singularly superior; the best.
Motley's the only wear.
The baron had taken a great liking to the Americans and to their ways of doing things, and frequently asserted that America was the only place to live.
hijo único • unigénito • único
Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
He is their only son, in fact, an only child.
To DAD ¶ who only reared twelve children ¶ and ¶ To MOTHER ¶ who reared twelve only children
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📚 adv • entry_id 9428

only

/ˈəʊn.li/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
solamente • solo • sólo • tan solo • únicamente
Without others or anything further; exclusively.
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensiv…
My heart is hers, and hers only.
solamente • solo • únicamente
No more than; just.
To DAD who only reared twelve children and To MOTHER who reared twelve only children
‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
apenas • solo
As recently as.
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an…
c. 1924-1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book Only yesterday did I feed you with bread for your bodies; today I offer you the bread of life for your hungry souls.
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