comparative degree of bald / früh: sooner, earlier · rather · sooner, more readily, preferably; expresses a preference
eş: früher, lieber, wahrscheinlicher, mehr, vielmehr
köken: Chiefly from haplology of Middle High German ērer, from Old High German ēriro, from Proto-Germanic *airizô. Compare Dutch eerder. Likely conflated with Middle High German ēr, a rarer byform of ē (whence modern eh, ehe), from Old High German ēr, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, adverbial form of the above. Cognate with Dutch eer, English ere, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 (airis). The final /r/ was regularly lost in…
🔊 Es tut mir leid, aber ich konnte nicht eher kommen.
🔊 Es scheint eher unwahrscheinlich, dass sie je ins Ausland geht.
🔊 Eine Paketbombe, die Anfang vergangener Woche im Kanzleramt eintraf, war von eher geringer Sprengkraft.
preferably, ideally
eş: par préférence
rather, slightly
eş: más precisamente
🔊 Es más bien pequeño
rather, somewhat, fairly · sooner
eş: alquanto, abbastanza, quasi, anziché, preferibilmente, invece
köken: Univerbation of più + (archaic) tosto (adverb). Compare French plutôt and Catalan més aviat.
🔊 è piuttosto insolito
it is advisable, it is useful, it is good · one wants
eş: предпочтительно, лучше
köken: жела́тельный (želátelʹnyj) + -о (-o)
🔊 Куда́ идёшь, мне жела́тельно знать?
comparative degree of lief
before (at an earlier time) · in the past; previously · preferably, better, rather
eş: anteriormente, primeiro, primeiramente
zıt: depois, futuramente
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese antes, from ante with the adverbial -s, the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti.
aile: antes que, antes tarde do que nunca, dantes, o quanto antes, quanto antes
🔊 Antes só do que mal acompanhado.
主に敷物として用いるために、稲藁、藺草、竹を編んだもの。
comparative degree of gärna: rather (more preferably)
aile: hellre än bra
🔊 Jag stannar hellre hemma (än följer med och shoppar)
superlative degree of chętnie
preferably · superlative degree of mielellään; most willingly
eş: mieluimmin
köken: superlative degree of mieluusti, derived as mieluu- + -iten.
🔊 Budjetti tulisi hyväksyä mahdollisimman nopeasti ja mieluiten yhdessä käsittelyssä.
🔊 Euroopan maista mieluiten siirtomaistaan luopui X.
comparative degree of rád
eş: spíše, spíš, raděj, radš
rather, more (preferably, more gladly/willingly)
aile: leginkább, mindinkább
to become master of, to take possession of · to be master of, to have, hold, possess
çekim: ortaç potītus · şimdiki potītur · ulaç potiēns
köken: Derivative of potis (“able”). Cognate to Albanian pata.
🔊 Haec alternantī potior sententia vīsa est: ….
🔊 Quid quaeris? Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui Quae vos ad caelum fertis rumore secundo, Utque sacerdotis fugitivus liba recuso,
rather (preference)
köken: Originally the neuter of an adjective corresponding to Old Norse heldri (“bigger”), see heldr (“rather”).
aile: hellere end gerne
🔊 Jeg vil hellere til Sydafrika.
rather
köken: Compare French plutôt and Italian piuttosto.
🔊 Fa més aviat fred per un mes d'abril.
🔊 El trobo més aviat agre.
🔊 més aviat alt que baix
preferably
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto preferi Esperanto -e Esperanto prefere From preferi + -e.
rather (preferably)
köken: From Dutch liever.