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Italian
Etymology
Univerbation of più + tosto (adverb). Compare French plutôt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pjutˈtɔ.sto/
- Rhymes: -ɔsto
- Hyphenation: piut‧tò‧sto
Adverb
piuttosto
- (with che or di) rather (than), better (than), instead (of)
- Synonym: invece
preferirei che venissi venerdì piuttosto che giovedì- I would prefer you came on Friday rather than on Thursday
- rather, somewhat, fairly
- Synonyms: abbastanza, alquanto, un po'
- è piuttosto insolito ― it's pretty unusual
- (obsolete) sooner
Further reading
- piuttosto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana