rather

suomi-englanti sanakirja

rather englannista suomeksi

1. mieluummin

2. melkoisen

3. päinvastoin

4. aika

1. mieluummin

2. pikemminkin, vaan

3. pikemminkin, tarkemmin sanottuna

4. melko, aika

4. Substantiivi

4. Verbi

rather englanniksi

1. (ng); preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than) (defdate)

(syn)

(ux)

2. (RQ:Schuster Hepaticae)

3. (quote-song)

4. (senseid) (ng); the contrary. (defdate)

5. (ng); more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.) (defdate)

6. (RQ:James Maisie)

7. 1898, J. A. Hamilton, "Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith", in Sidney Lee (Ed.), ''of National Biography|Dictionary of National Biography, Volume LIV: Stanhope–Stovin'', The MacMillan Company, page 60,

His ‘Iliad’ is spirited and polished, and, though often rather a paraphrase than a translation, is always more truly poetic than most of the best translations.

8. (RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connection—or rather as a transition from the subject that had started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.

9. Somewhat, quite; to an unexpected degree. (defdate)

(ant)

10. More quickly. (defdate)

11. (quote-book)

12. Prior; earlier; former.

13. 1900, (w), ''The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'' (version in modern spelling)

Now no man dwelleth at the rather town of Damietta.

14. (non-gloss)

15. {{quote-text|en|year=1950|author=C. S. Lewis|title=The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

16. A choice or a preference.

17. To prefer; to prefer to.

18. (RQ:Waters Fingersmith)

19. {{quote-text|en|year=2002|author=Elizabeth Bowen|title=The Heat of the Day

20. {{quote-text|en|year=2007|author=Mikel Schaefer|title=Lost in Katrina|page=323

21. (alt form)