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Finnish
Etymology
Calque of English allegedly; väitetty (“alleged”) + -sti (“-ly”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tetystiˣ/,
- Rhymes: -ysti
- Syllabification(key): väi‧te‧tys‧ti
Adverb
väitetysti
- (anglicism) allegedly
Usage notes
While the usage of this adverb is acceptable, a structure using väittää (“to allege”) as a verb is generally preferred, unless doing so makes the sentence structure significantly more complicated.
Hän on väitetysti rikkonut lakia. → Hänen väitetään rikkoneen lakia.- He has allegedly broken the law. → He is alleged to have broken the law.
References
- ^ Heinonen, Tarja Riitta (2013 August 8) “Väitetysti”, in Sana sanasta – ajan sanojen taustaa (in Finnish), The Institute for the Languages of Finland, retrieved 2021-08-20
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