salement
French
adv
Definitions
- dirty, dirtily
- (slang) Intensitive adverb : very, really. (in a bad way) "J'ai été salement amoché par une crise néphrétique" (, Letters) : "I've been really banged-up by renal crisis"
- (slang) Related to the precedent (antiphrasis) : very, really (in a good way) " Faut acheter des sardines [...] C'est salement bon !" (_Louis Pergaud, La Guerre des boutons) : "We got to buy sardines [...] It's really good !"
Etymology
Affix from French sale (dirty).
Origin
French
sale
Gloss
dirty
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
汚