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French
Etymology
From sale + -ment.
Pronunciation
Adverb
salement
- dirty, dirtily
- (slang) Intensitive adverb : very, really. (in a bad way) "J'ai été salement amoché par une crise néphrétique" (André Gide, Letters) : "I've been really banged-up by renal crisis"
- (slang) Related to the precedent (antiphrasis) : very, really (in a good way) " Faut acheter des sardines C'est salement bon !" (Louis Pergaud, La Guerre des boutons) : "We got to buy sardines It's really good !"
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