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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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