hirtelenében

Hungarian

Etymology

From hirtelen (“suddenly”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix) +‎ -ben (“in”, inessive case suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhirtɛlɛneːbɛn]
  • Hyphenation: hir‧te‧le‧né‧ben

Adverb

hirtelenében (not comparable)

  1. suddenly (in an extremely short time and unexpectedly)
    Synonym: váratlanul
  2. in a hurry, quickly, in haste (due to the short amount of time available)
    Synonyms: sietve, hamarjában
  3. offhand (right away, immediately, without thinking about it)
    Synonym: hirtelen

Further reading
  • hirtelenében in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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