Meaning:
nominally, not essentially.
Examples:
- A man like me is a samurai in name only.
- But the practice of providing commissions to OKIMO through appointed subcontractors continues now in name only.
- Accepting a guru in name only has no value.
- She has always been a wife in name only.
- You are a wife to me in name only.
- Not in name only, but in actual practice!
- Finally, the NNSC that existed in name only collapsed completely.
- Well, it's the Wayne... plan in name only now.
- Just keep me on the schedule, even if it's in name only.
- Today socialist countries exist in name only.