właściwie

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Polish

Etymology

From właściwy +‎ -ie. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /vwaɕˈt͡ɕi.vjɛ/
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  • Rhymes: -ivjɛ
  • Syllabification: właś‧ci‧wie

Adverb

właściwie (comparative właściwiej, superlative najwłaściwiej, abbreviation właśc.)

  1. correctly, suitably, properly (in a correct or right manner)
    Synonyms: należycie, odpowiednio, stosownie, trafnie

Particle

właściwie

  1. emphasize particle; actually; in fact, well; really
  2. clarifying particle; actually; in fact, in truth
    Synonyms: w istocie, w rzeczywistości, w sumie, w zasadzie
  3. particle that conveys a lack of understanding, remembering, etc.; exactly
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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), właściwie (particle) is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 11 times in scientific texts, 5 times in news, 20 times in essays, 36 times in fiction, and 47 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 119 times, making it the 510th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

References

  1. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “właściwie”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “właściwie (particle)”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 671

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