tiesiog

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Adverbial formation from tiẽsti (to straighten, stretch).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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tiesióg

  1. straight, right (with directions)
    tiesiog pirmyn
    straight ahead
  2. really, simply
    tiesiog nežinau, ką daryti.
    I just don't know what to do.
    tiesiog dėkingas.
    I'm really grateful.
  3. (a) real (with nouns)
    Ji tiesiog kalė.
    She's a real bitch
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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tiẽsti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 675