üsna

See also: usna, usną, and USNA

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly an old plural form of üks (“one”): < *üksinä.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈysnɑ/, [ˈysnɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ysnɑ
  • Hyphenation: üs‧na

Adverb

üsna (not comparable)

  1. quite
    Vastus on üsna lihtne. ― The answer is quite simple.

References
  • üsna in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “üsna”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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