pitkälti

Finnish

Etymology

pitkä (“long, far-reaching”) +‎ -lti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpitkælti(ˣ)/, [ˈpit̪k̟æl̪t̪i(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -itkælti
Syllabification^(key): pit‧käl‧ti

Adverb

pitkälti

to a large extent
Riidassa on pitkälti kysymys siitä, että ...
The dispute is, to a large extent, about ...

Further reading

“pitkälti”, 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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