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ONLY WHEN
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Never except when
Example:
call me only if your cold gets worse
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Context examples:
Getting enough vitamin A, vitamin K, magnesium, zinc and copper were all associated with a lower risk of dying early, the researchers found — but only when those nutrients came from food.
(Healthy Diet Can't Be Replaced by Vitamins, Supplements, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It was only when I had joined him there that I heard what had alarmed his quicker senses.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For years she had kissed him only when he returned from voyages or departed on voyages.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was only when I touched his arm that he roused himself with a violent start and stepped out of the carriage.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Insulin production can increase two- to three-fold, but only when the blood glucose amount is high.
(Researchers Develop Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The spectrometer observations show signatures of hydrated salts at multiple RSL locations, but only when the dark features were relatively wide.
(NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars, NASA)
While water vapor has been found in hot Jupiter atmospheres, scientists for the most part expect this precious molecule to form only when there is more oxygen than carbon.
(Cooking up Alien Atmospheres on Earth, NASA)
NOTE(S): This is used only when duration is collected on the CRF and not derived from start and end date/times.
(Adverse Event Duration, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
An inherited disorder manifested only when two copies of a mutated gene are present.
(Autosomal Recessive Inherited Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
The images indicate that the vortices probably develop deeper in Neptune's atmosphere, becoming visible only when the top of the storm reaches higher altitudes.
(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)
