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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

tantissimo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tan-tis-si-mo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ever-so/ˈɛv.ər.soʊ/
adverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La ringrazio tantissimo per la gentilezza."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As adverb
  1. 1

    To a very great degree; extremely or very.

    "Thank you ever so much for your generous help with the project."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of Middle English 'ever' (from Old English 'ǣfre', meaning always or at any time) and 'so' (from Old English 'swā', meaning in that manner or to that extent). The compound functions as an intensifying phrase, emerging in British colloquial usage during the 19th century to modify adjectives and adverbs with heightened politeness or emphasis.

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