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Hungarian
Etymology
From am- + úgy.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
amúgy
- (slightly colloquial) otherwise, anyway
- Synonyms: egyébként, különben, máskülönben
- Csak ki kell festeni, de amúgy jó állapotban van. ― It needs painting but otherwise it's in a good shape.
- (slightly colloquial) by the way, for that matter, incidentally
- Synonym: egyébként
References
- ^ amúgy in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- amúgy in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- amúgy in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).