nagyban

Hungarian

Etymology

From nagy (“big, large”) +‎ -ban (“in”, inessive case suffix). The adverb sense is a lexicalization.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɒɟbɒn]
  • Hyphenation: nagy‧ban

Adjective

nagyban

  1. inessive singular of nagy

Adverb

nagyban (not comparable)

  1. significantly, considerably
  2. in earnest, in full swing (with considerable commitment, determination, or effect; proceeding fully, quickly, or completely, thoroughly begun and in progress)
  3. wholesale, in bulk
  4. for high stakes

Derived terms

Further reading
  • (adverb): See sense 5 among the noun senses (III.) of nagy 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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