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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reduplication of via.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adverb[edit]
- through various intermediaries, especially by way of one's extended network
- Ik heb mijn kamer via via gevonden; de tante van de vriendin van mijn buurman werkt bij een makelaarsbureau.
- I found my room through my extended network; my neighbor's girlfriend's aunt works at a real estate agency.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “away away”.
Adverb[edit]
- gradually
- Synonym: a mano a mano
- uno sbocco via via più ampio
- a wider and wider outlet
- (literally, “an outlet gradually wider”)
- ti informerò dei risultati via via
- I'll let you know of the results as they come in
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- «Leggi ad alta voce. È il modo migliore. E mo lo spieghi via via.»
- "Read it aloud. That's the best way. Then you can explain it to me as you go."
- (literally, “"Read aloud. It is the best way. And explain it to me gradually."”)
- (archaic) soon; shortly