αμέσως
See also: άμεσος
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀμέσως (amésōs), from Ancient Greek ἄμεσος (ámesos).[1] By surface analysis, άμεσ(ος) (ámes(os)) + -ως (-os).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]αμέσως • (amésos)
- immediately, at once, straight away
- Near-synonym: αμελλητί (amellití, “promptly”)
- (learnedly) Synonym of άμεσα (ámesa, “directly, immediately”) (without anything intervening; without intermediation)
Related terms
[edit]- see: άμεσος (ámesos, “immediate”)
Interjection
[edit]αμέσως! • (amésos!)
References
[edit]- ^ αμέσως, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- αμέσως - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only (abbreviations)], Centre for the Greek language
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