vastasukaan
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]vastasukaan
- Synonym of vastakarvaan
- (figuratively) against the grain (unwillingly, reluctantly; contrary to one's nature; often with olla to mean "be reluctant")
Further reading
[edit]- “vastasukaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04