tosissaan

Finnish

Etymology

From tosissa (inessive plural of tosi (“true”)) and the possessive suffix -ni/-si/-nsa/-mme/-nne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtosisːɑːn/, [ˈt̪o̞s̠is̠ːɑ̝ːn]
• Hyphenation: to‧sis‧saan

Adverb

tosissaan

1. Serious(ly), in earnest (about something = genitive + suhteen).

   Olen tosissani tämän suhteen.

   I am serious about this. / I mean it/business. / I'm not fooling around.

Inflection

Personal forms of tosissaan person singular plural 1st tosissani tosissamme 2nd tosissasi tosissanne 3rd tosissaan tosissansa

Synonyms

• (seriously, in earnest): kunnolla, vakavissaan

Anagrams

• nastoissa