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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to say much”.
Adverb
a dir tanto
- used to suggest an overstatement
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:In tutto, l'incidente era durato, a dir tanto, mezzo minuto.- The whole incident could not have taken as much as half a minute.
- (literally, “All told, the incident lasted, to exaggerate, half a minute.”)
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