difusamente

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• diffusamente (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

From difuso +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˌfu.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˌfu.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˌfu.zaˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˌfu.zɐˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: di‧fu‧sa‧men‧te

Adverb

difusamente (comparable, comparative mais difusamente, superlative o mais difusamente)

1. diffusely
   • 1933 September 24, “A proposito de “Rabiscos”... [On the topic of “Rabiscos”...]”, in Jornal do Brasil‎^[1], volume XLIV, number 227, Rio de Janeiro, page 17:

     Resumem as centenas de paginas que outros escreveriam, diffusamente, gastando o engenho proprio e a paciencia alheia.

     They summarize the hundreds of pages that others would write, diffusely, wasting their own ingenuity and their readers’ patience.

Spanish

Etymology

From difuso +‎ -mente.

Adverb

difusamente

1. diffusely, nebulously

Further reading

• “difusamente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10