only reply
collocation in Englishmeaningsofonlyandreply
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only
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈəʊn.li/us/ˈoʊn.li/
used to show that there is a single one or very few of something, or that there are ...
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reply
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈplaɪ/us/rɪˈplaɪ/
an ...
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(Definition ofonlyandreplyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To which we canonlyreply, who's asking?
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Harrison couldonlyreplythat he considered his work at the conference done and the matter was now a political one.
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I wishedonlyreplyto those members who raised a number of questions in order to ensure that the debate took on its full substance.
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They wouldonlyreplythat that was not their concern.
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Myonlyreplyis that he will not get an answer to that.
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Theonlyreplyto the first part is in the affirmative.
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Theonlyreplyhe received, so he assures me, was a grunt from his foreman and no action whatever was taken.
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Theonlyreplyto the warnings has been a request for facts and statistics, and justification upon justification.
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Is that theonlyreplywhich has been received?
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I canonlyreplyto that with a most direct negative.
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I willonlyreplyon two questions of fact.
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I willonlyreplyto the question in one sentence.
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I canonlyreplythat it is, in a sense, experimental.
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I canonlyreplyas to matters within my own knowledge.
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Is that theonlyreplythat we are to expect?
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I canonlyreply, a modest start indeed.
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Youronlyreplyto them is to arrest a little boy of twelve who distributed the affidavit!
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I canonlyreplythat the procedure is that of the early warning system.
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Theonlyreplyto that is a very eloquent and expressive silence.
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