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owszem

//ˈɔf.ʂɛm//
Polishparticle

Definitions

  1. 1.
    certainly, yes, of course
  2. 2.
    used with an additional sentence to contradict what an interlocutor has said
  3. 3.
    literaryan in-word used to confirm and intensify a subordinate clause

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish owszem. Compare Czech ovšem (“but; certainly, yes, of course”).

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