assai
very
adverb ahs-SAH-ee Less Common
Origin: from Latin 'ad satis', enough
Also means
a lot
Usage Note
Assai is a somewhat literary or southern way of saying 'very' or 'a great deal', stronger and more emphatic than molto. You will meet it in fixed phrases and in the South of Italy, where mi piace assai simply means 'I like it a lot'.
Examples
"Era una somma assai grande."
Natural Translation
It was a very large sum.
Literal Translation
It-was a sum very large.
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