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Russian
Etymology
буква́льный (bukválʹnyj) + -о (-o)
Pronunciation
Adverb
буква́льно • (bukválʹno)
- literally or word for word
- Synonyms: сло́во в сло́во (slóvo v slóvo), досло́вно (doslóvno)
Related terms
Adjective
буква́льно • (bukválʹno)
- short neuter singular of буква́льный (bukválʹnyj)
Ukrainian
Etymology
From буква́льний (bukválʹnyj) + -о (-o).
Pronunciation
Adverb
буква́льно • (bukválʹno)
- literally (word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor)
- Synonyms: дослі́вно (doslívno), (rare) літера́льно (literálʹno)
- Used to intensify or dramatize non-figurative statements: literally
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “буквально”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “буквально”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “буквально”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “буквально”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “буквально”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “буквально”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)