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English
Phrase
ily
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of I love you.
- Antonym: ihy
- Alternative form: ILY
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of the i variant of the demonstrative pronoun e ~ ez.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ily
- (archaic or literary, except in the accusative and some fixed phrases) such
- Synonym: ilyen
- Coordinate term: oly
- ily módon ― in this manner
- Ilyet még nem is hallottam. ― I've never heard of such a thing.
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Further reading
- ily 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