ylivoimaisesti
Finnish
Etymology
ylivoimainen (“overpowering, overwhelming”) + -sti (“-ly”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈyliˌʋoi̯mɑi̯sestiˣ/, [ˈyliˌʋo̞i̯mɑ̝i̯ˌs̠e̞s̠ti(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -esti
- Syllabification(key): y‧li‧voi‧mai‧ses‧ti
Adverb
ylivoimaisesti
- overwhelmingly
- Kuopio voitti eilen Lahden ylivoimaisesti.
- Kuopio won overwhelmingly over Lahti yesterday.
- by far (to a considerably large extent, easily)
- Pariisi on Ranskan ylivoimaisesti suurin kaupunki.
- Paris is by far the largest city in France.
Further reading
- “ylivoimaisesti”, 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 2023-07-04
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