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Italian
Etymology
From massimo (“maximum”) + -mente (“-ly”, adverb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas.si.maˈmen.te/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Hyphenation: mas‧si‧ma‧mén‧te
Adverb
massimamente
- especially, chiefly, particularly
- Synonyms: (literary) massime, particolarmente, principalmente, (literary) segnatamente, soprattutto, specialmente, specie
c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato terzo, Capitolo XV [Third treatise, Chapter 15]”, in Convivio [The Banquet], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 14:Ove è da sapere che li costumi sono beltà de l’anima, cioè le vertudi massimamente, le quali tal volta per vanitadi o per superbia si fanno men belle e men gradite- Here we must observe that the beauty of the soul consists in its actions, above all the virtues which sometimes are rendered less beautiful and less pleasing by vanity or pride
- (archaic) greatly, very much
- Synonyms: assai, fortemente, grandemente, molto, oltremodo, parecchio, tanto
- Antonyms: poco, scarsamente
Further reading
- massimamente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana