VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

In name only

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.