massimamente

Italian

Etymology

Derived from massimo (maximum) + -mente (-ly, adverb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mas.si.maˈmen.te/, [mäs̪s̪imäˈme̞n̪t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Stress: massimaménte
  • Hyphenation: mas‧si‧ma‧men‧te

Adverb

massimamente

  1. especially, chiefly, particularly
    Synonyms: massime (literary), particolarmente, principalmente, segnatamente (literary), soprattutto, specialmente, specie
    • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato terzo, Capitolo XV [Third treatise, Chapter 15]”, in Convivio [The Banquet], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964, section 14:
      Ove è da sapere che li costumi sono beltà de l’anima, cioè le vertudi massimamente, le quali tal volta per vanitadi o per superbia si fanno men belle e men gradite
      Here we must observe that the beauty of the soul consists in its actions, above all the virtues which sometimes are rendered less beautiful and less pleasing by vanity or pride
  2. (archaic) greatly, very much
    Synonyms: assai, fortemente, grandemente, molto, oltremodo, parecchio, tanto
    Antonyms: poco, scarsamente

References

  • massimamente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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