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Etymology

 * Often interpreted as inherited from from ; the semantic shift might be "visibly > obviously > prominently > very". The non-productive ending is similar to adverbs like, ,.
 * Alternatively, proposed by Lehrman (1987) to be a borrowing from a language. Compare  and.
 * Alternatively, proposed by Lehrman (1987) to be a borrowing from a language. Compare  and.

Adverb

 * 1) very, really, much, very much

Predicative

 * 1)  not very good, not very well