adamakıllı

Meaning

substantially, extensively, markedly, properly, really, completely

Hyphenated as

a‧dam‧a‧kıl‧lı

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈdam.a.kɯɫ.ɫɯ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آدم عقللی (adam aḳıllı), equivalent to adam (“human; man”) + akıl (“intelligence, cognition”) + -lı.

Sentences

Adamakıllı birbirlerine sokulmuşlardı.

They snuggled up to each other intimately.

Adamakıllı sarhoş olmaya başlayan Profesör , kirpiksiz gözlerini büzerek baktı.

The Professor, who had begun to get very drunk, looked at him, puckering his eyelashless eyes.

Bedri’nin ablası şaşırmış ve adamakıllı korkmaya başlamıştı.

Bedri's sister was surprised and started to get scared.

Ortalık adamakıllı kararmış, gemi de limana iyice yanaşmıştı.

It was completely dark, and the ship was approaching the harbor.

Fakat sabahtan beri gezip dolaştığım yerlerde su bulamamış, adamakıllı yanmaya başlamıştım.

But I couldn't find water in the places I had been wandering around since the morning, and I started to burn thoroughly.

İstanbul’da leyli mekteplerde geçen ömrü , babasını adamakıllı tanımasına mâni olmuştu.

His life in the Leyli schools in Istanbul prevented him from knowing his father properly.