if only
Short definition from Wiktionary
Conjunction
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see if, only.
- I wish that; would (that) (archaic). Signifies a wish or desire for the present or the future.
- I wish that; would (that) (archaic). Signifies a regret about an action in the past.
- Even if for no other reason than; only just.
- Signifies a hypothetical or wishful precondition, or one which would be simple but is nonetheless unlikely, for a hypothetical, counterfactual, or future outcome.
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