suurinpiirtein

Finnish

adv
Definitions
  • roughly, more or less, by and large

Etymology

Compound from Finnish suuri (great, big, large, grand, mighty) + Finnish piirre (feature, trait, characteristic).

Origin

Finnish

piirre

Gloss

feature, trait, characteristic

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