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[ adverb ] never except when
Examples "call me only if your cold gets worse" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)Usually it is only_when they approach shallow water on the shore that they build_up to their terrifying heights . (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Here there may be an analogy with cancer : we can detect cancers by their rapidly accelerating growth , determinable only_when related_to the more normal rate of healthy growth . (Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)Entries are summarized only_when by doing so the amount of information retained in the dictionary is reduced and the time required for dictionary operations is decreased . |
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