całkowicie

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Polish

Etymology

From całkowity +‎ -ie. First attested in 1764.[1] Compare Kashubian całkòwice and Silesian cołkowicie.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /t͡saw.kɔˈvi.t͡ɕɛ/
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  • Rhymes: -it͡ɕɛ
  • Syllabification: cał‧ko‧wi‧cie

Adverb

całkowicie (not comparable)

  1. completely, entirely, totally, altogether (to the fullest extent or degree)
    Synonyms: bez reszty, do cna, do spodu, do szczętu, doszczętnie, kompletnie, na sto procent, zupełnie
    Antonym: częściowo
  2. (obsolete) rather, quite (to a large degree)
    Synonym: całkiem
  3. (obsolete) unscathedly

Particle

całkowicie

  1. something has all ascribable traits to the speaker's surprise; completely, totally
    Synonyms: całkiem, do reszty, zupełnie

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), całkowicie is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 29 times in scientific texts, 16 times in news, 23 times in essays, 9 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 80 times, making it the 801st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kasper Balsam (1764) Kazania Przygodne W. X. Kaspra Balsama Soc: Jesu. T. 1 , O cnotach: wiary, nadziei, miłosci, y obowiązkach z nich wynikających (in Polish), page 24
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “całkowicie”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 41

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