mintegy

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Hungarian

Etymology

mint +‎ egy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: mint‧egy
  • Rhymes: -ɛɟː

Adverb

mintegy (not comparable)

  1. (literary) about, around, approximately, or so, some, something like
    Synonyms: körülbelül, nagyjából, megközelítőleg, hozzávetőleg
  2. (literary) as if, so to speak, as it were
    Synonyms: mondhatni, hogy úgy mondjam, kvázi, lényegében, gyakorlatilag, tulajdonképpen, jóformán, jószerével, szinte

Further reading

  • mintegy 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