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- in name only idiom used to describe a person, thing, or action that does not have the qualities that its name suggests
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The meaning of IN NAME ONLY is —used to describe a person, thing, or action that does not have the qualities that its name suggests. How to use in name only in a sentence.
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In Name Only is a 1939 romantic film starring Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, and Kay Francis, directed by John Cromwell. It was based on the 1935 novel Memory of Love by Bessie Breuer. The fictional town where it is set, Bridgefield, Connecticut, is based on the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
having a particular title or name without the characteristics or duties that usually come with that title: It’s an island in name only, since it’s been joined to the mainland now by landfill .
in name only. Having the status of something only with label or terminology, but not in reality; nominally. He's a member of the party in name only—his voting record shows that his values are very divergent.
Wealthy Alec Walker (Cary Grant) finds himself in a depressing and passionless marriage to Maida (Kay Francis), and is shocked to discover that she has heartlessly married him only for...
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Nominally, not actually. For example, He's the chief executive in name only; his vice-president makes all the decisions , or Theirs was a marriage only in name; they lived on different continents . [Late 1300s]
