Example sentences
Formation
(i) {V/Adjective い} informal | だけで(は)なく | Not only ~ |
{話す/話した}だけで(は)なく | Someone not only speaks/spoke ~ | |
{高い/高かった}だけで(は)なく | Something is/was not only expensive ~ | |
(ii) Adjective な stem | {な/だった} だけで(は)なく | Not only ~ |
{静かな/静かだった}だけで(は)なく | Something is/was not only quiet ~ | |
(iii) Noun | {Ø/だった}だけで(は)なく | Not only ~ |
{先生/ 先生だった}だけで(は)なく | Not only teachers/not only someone was a teacher |