"assai" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: Borrowed from Italian assai. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:assai|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "assai", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "assai", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="assai"> Borrowed from Italian assai. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} assai (not comparable)
  1. (music) A tempo direction equivalent to "very". Tags: not-comparable
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: assais [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} assai (plural assais)
  1. Alternative spelling of acai. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: acai
    Sense id: en-assai-en-noun--VDOFzoW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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