väitetysti

Finnish

Etymology

Calque of English allegedly;[1] väitetty (“alleged”) +‎ -sti (“-ly”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋæi̯tetystiˣ/, [ˈʋæi̯t̪e̞ˌt̪ys̠ti(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ysti
  • Syllabification(key): väi‧te‧tys‧ti
  • Hyphenation(key): väi‧te‧tys‧ti

Adverb

väitetysti

  1. (anglicism) allegedly

Usage notes

While the usage of this adverb is acceptable, a structure using väittää (“to allege”) as a verb is generally preferred, unless doing so makes the sentence structure significantly more complicated.

Hän on väitetysti rikkonut lakia. → Hänen väitetään rikkoneen lakia.
He has allegedly broken the law. → He is alleged to have broken the law.

References

  1. ^ Heinonen, Tarja Riitta (8 August 2013) “Väitetysti”, in Sana sanasta – ajan sanojen taustaa‎[1] (in Finnish), The Institute for the Languages of Finland, retrieved 20 August 2021

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