suoraan
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯rɑːn/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯rɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -uorɑːn
- Syllabification(key): suo‧raan
Adverb
suoraan (comparative suoremmin, superlative suorimmin)
- straight (not curving or meandering)
- suoraan kulkeva tie ― a straight road / road going straight
- straight (in a forward, straight direction)
- suoraan edessä ― straight ahead / dead ahead
- suoraan yläpuolella ― straight above
- straight, right, directly
- suoraan kotiin ― straight home
- directly, frankly, honestly, earnestly, baldly, bluntly (without embellishments or lies)
- sanoa suoraan ― to say frankly
Further reading
- “suoraan”, 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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