egyre
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛɟrɛ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: egy‧re
- Rhymes: -rɛ
Numeral
egyre
Adverb
egyre (not comparable)
- continually, uninterruptedly, on and on, ever
- egyre csak azt hajtogatja ― s/he keeps repeating
- (chiefly with a comparative adjective or adverb) increasingly (more/less/…), more and more, less and less, …-er and …-er
- Napról napra egyre ügyesebb vagy! ― You’re more and more skillful day by day!
- Egyre kevésbé hiszek Jánosnak. ― I believe John less and less.
Derived terms
- mindegyre
Further reading
- egyre in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- egyre in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
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