assai

From Italian assai.

assai (not comparable)

1. (music) A tempo direction equivalent to "very".

assai (plural assais)

1. Alternative spelling of acai.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "What do you make of that?" he asked. "It is surely an Assai palm," said Summerlee. "Exactly. It was an Assai palm which I took for my landmark. The secret opening is half a mile onwards upon the other side of the river."

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assai

1. (Alghero) very

   Synonym: molt

   assai blanc ― very white

2. (Alghero) much, a lot

   Synonyms: molt, tant

   M'agrada assai això ― I like that a lot

assai (invariable)

1. (Alghero) many

   Synonyms: molt, tant

   No vull coses assai ― I don't want many things

El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 27,33,54

From Late Latin ad satis. Cognates include Sicilian assai, Italian assai and French assez.

• IPA^(key): /asˈsaɪ̯/

assai

1. very
2. much
3. for a long time

• “assai” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Borrowed from Italian assai. Doublet of assez.

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assai

1. (music) assai

From Late Latin ad satis, from Latin ad + satis; cf. French assez.

• IPA^(key): /asˈsaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: as‧sài

assai (superlative (humorous) assaissimo)

1. very

   Synonyms: abbastanza, molto

   La musica da camera era assai allegra.

   The chamber music was very cheerful.

• Assia

assai

1. alternative form of assay

assai

1. alternative form of assaje

• Hyphenation: as‧sai

assai

1. second-person plural imperative of assar

From Late Latin ad satis. Compare Neapolitan assàje, Italian assai.

• IPA^(key): /asˈsai̯/

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assai

1. much
2. a lot