доволі

Ukrainian

Etymology

Univerbation of до (do) +‎ во́лі (vóli), genitive of во́ля (vólja, “will; freedom, liberty”). Compare Polish do woli (“ad libitum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɔˈwɔlʲi]

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Adverb

дово́лі • (dovóli)

1. enough, sufficiently
2. fairly, pretty, quite, rather (somewhat, to a certain degree)

Synonyms

• (all senses): до́сить (dósytʹ)
• (enough, sufficiently): доста́тньо (dostátnʹo)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “доволі”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2013), “доволі”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (д – жучо́к), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN