prawie
Meaning
-
- almost (nearly, practically)
- (obsolete) indeed, really
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pra‧wie
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpra.vjɛ/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish prawie. By surface analysis, prawy + -ie. Sense 1 is an extension of sense 2. Compare Kashubian prawie and Slovincian prawjê.
New
prawo
-
- law (body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities)
- law (discipline studying such a body; formal field of study of such at an institution; branch at such an institution dedicated to such study)
- law (binding regulation or custom established in a community in this way)
- right (legal, just or moral entitlement)
- (obsolete) right (legal, just or moral entitlement)
- law (natural rule that must be followed)
- (obsolete) lawsuit
- (obsolete) duty, obligation
- pretense (unsupported claim made or implied)
- (obsolete) correctness, fairness; rightness (state of being correct, fair, or right)
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Sentences
" Widok ten wprawił mnie początkowo w takie osłupienie, iż skamieniałem prawie ."
"At first, this sight made me so dumbfounded that I almost petrified."