adesiara
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From adés (“just now”) + i (“and”) + ara (“now”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
adesiara
- (Balearic) from time to time
- Synonym: de tant en tant
- 1986, Ferran Canyameres, Més enllà del rancor, Editorial Laertes, page 43:
- La Munda esguardava amb fixesa al seu davant, el pensament vagabund; adesiara una llàgrima li humitejava els parpres i el seu rostre es contreia com per a contenir el plor.
- Munda stared fixedly in front of her, her thoughts wandering; from time to time a tear moistened her eyelids and her face contracted as if to hold back weeping.
Further reading
- “adesiara”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007