pimeästi
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpimeæstiˣ/, [ˈpime̞ˌæs̠ti(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -æsti
- Syllabification(key): pi‧me‧äs‧ti
Adverb
pimeästi (comparative pimeämmin, superlative pimeimmin)
- under-the-table, under-the-counter, secretly, covertly
- cash in hand (in a manner receiving direct payment by cash, often without paying tax)
- Kuulin, että hän työskentelee siinä ravintolassa pimeästi maksaakseen laskunsa.
- I heard he's working at that restaurant cash in hand to pay the bills.
- darkly, obscurely
Further reading
- “pimeästi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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