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Pronunciation: ['әunli]

Average Rank: 90

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 唯一的, 仅有的, 最佳的 adv. 只有, 仅仅, 只能 conj. 但是, 不过

Detailed Explanations:
  • r. with nevertheless the final result
  • r. in the final outcome
  • r. except that; only this time she came out better"
  • r. never except when
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#50

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.5% (Top 99.5% most frequent)
99.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#146

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#74

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.3% (Top 99.3% most frequent)
99.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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