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Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of kevés + -b + -é (obsolete lative suffix, often lengthening the preceding consonant).[1] Sometimes analyzed as lexicalization of kevés + -b + -vé.[2] (Compare kissé, kevéssé, eléggé, továbbá, közzé, whether with -vé or with lengthening and -é.)
Pronunciation
Adverb
kevésbé (superlative legkevésbé)
- less
- A szerződést egy kevésbé tapasztalt egyén kapta. ― The contract was awarded to a less experienced individual.
- többé-kevésbé ― more or less
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- kevésbé 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