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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "I would rather die"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rather than"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sooner rather than later"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "rather"
},
"expansion": "Middle English rather",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ang",
"3": "hraþor"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "hraþe",
"3": "",
"4": "soon, early, fast"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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},
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{
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},
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},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "radder",
"t": "faster"
},
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},
{
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"1": "nl",
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"t": "fast; quick"
},
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},
{
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"2": "radd"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "ratt",
"t": "rashly; quickly; hastily"
},
"expansion": "ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gerade",
"t": "even; straight; direct"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English rather, from Old English hraþor, comparative of hraþe (“soon, early, fast”), equivalent to rathe + -er. More at rathe. Cognate with Dutch radder (“faster”), comparative of Dutch rad (“fast; quick”), German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), German gerade (“even; straight; direct”).",
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},
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],
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"rath‧er"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
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{
"categories": [],
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{
"text": "I would rather stay in all day than go out with them.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I would like this one rather than the other one.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I would much rather be with you.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Erlend Øye, Eirik Glambek Bøe (lyrics and music), “I'd Rather Dance with You”, performed by Kings of Convenience",
"text": "I'd rather dance with you than talk with you / So why don't we just move into the other room",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than)"
],
"id": "en-rather-en-adv-cBt95f-r",
"links": [
[
"choice",
"choice#English"
],
[
"preference",
"preference#English"
],
[
"preferably",
"preferably"
],
[
"than",
"than"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "liefer"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "liewer"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bi-l-ʔaḥrā",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "بِالْأَحْرَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xutčéj",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "хутчэ́й"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "za predpočitane",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "за предпочитане"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferiblement"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "més aviat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "比較"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐjiào",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "比较"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"english": "rather than",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "與其"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔqí",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "与其"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "寧願"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nìngyuàn",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "宁愿"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "raději"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "spíš"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "spíše"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "hellere"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "preferably",
"word": "liever"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "ennem"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "et",
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"sense": "preferably",
"word": "pigem"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "mieluummin"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "plutôt"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "eher"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "lieber"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mâllon",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "μᾶλλον"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thâsson",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "θᾶσσον"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "inkább"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "szívesebben"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "preferably",
"word": "jobban"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "fremur"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferibilmente"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "piuttosto"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"alt": "むしろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "preferably",
"word": "寧ろ"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "ja",
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},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"alt": "いっそ",
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"word": "一層"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "la",
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"word": "potius"
},
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"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
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},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
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"word": "heller"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "preferably",
"word": "lēofre"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "raczej"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "antes"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferivelmente"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "de preferência"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "mai degrabă"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lúčše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "лу́чше"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skoréje",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "скоре́е"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "radije"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "scanciu"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferiblemente"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "hellre"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "helst"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "snarare"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "daha ziyade"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rádše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "ра́дше"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoríše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "скорі́ше"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krášče",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "кра́ще"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "švýdše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "шви́дше"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "yn hytrach"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 7 19 3",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "libersht",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "ליבערשט"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"text": "It wasn't supposed to be popular; rather, it was supposed to get the job done.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She didn't go along, but rather went home instead.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary."
],
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"links": [
[
"contradiction",
"contradiction#English"
],
[
"on the contrary",
"on the contrary"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(conjunctive) Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary."
],
"senseid": [
"en:on the contrary"
],
"tags": [
"conjunctive",
"not-comparable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xutčéj",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "хутчэ́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-skoro",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "по-скоро"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎn'ér",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "反而"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎndào",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "反倒"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "tværtimod"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "daarentegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "pikemminkin"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "vaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "au contraire"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "im Gegenteil"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "sondern"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "ellenkezőleg"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "sőt"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"alt": "むしろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushiro",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "寧ろ"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ohiryeo",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "오히려"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "maṟiccŭ",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "മറിച്ച്"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "tvert imot"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "raczej"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "ao contrário"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "aliás"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skoréje",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "скоре́е"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naprótiv",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "напро́тив"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "scanciu"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "más bien"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "al contrario"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "snarare"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "bilakis"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoríše",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "скорі́ше"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 81 3 8 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "navpaký",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "навпаки́"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "1898, J. A. Hamilton, \"Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith\", in Sidney Lee (Ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, Volume LIV: Stanhope–Stovin, The MacMillan Company, page 60,\nHis ‘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."
},
{
"text": "I didn't want to leave. Or rather I did, just not alone.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.)"
],
"id": "en-rather-en-adv-wKDXBniw",
"links": [
[
"qualification",
"qualification#English"
],
[
"clarification",
"clarification#English"
],
[
"precisely",
"precisely"
],
[
"or",
"or"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(conjunctive) Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.)"
],
"tags": [
"conjunctive",
"not-comparable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-skoro",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "по-скоро"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-točno",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "по-точно"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "pikemminkin"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "tarkemmin sanottuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "upro sc̣orad",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "უფრო სწორად"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "eher"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "um genau zu sein"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "vagyis"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "illetve"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "jobban mondva"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "azaz"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "azazhogy"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "helyesebben"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "raczej"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "mais"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "ou seja"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "melhor dizendo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "ou melhor"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "верне́е"
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{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "tačnije"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "más bien"
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{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "snarare"
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{
"_dis1": "3 4 77 12 4",
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"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "ра́дше"
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{
"text": "This melon is rather tasteless, especially compared to the one we had last time.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "We had some rather bad news today.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "We’ll be seeing rather a lot of you over the next few days.",
"type": "example"
}
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"word": "actually"
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{
"word": "unexpectedly"
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"word": "даво́лі"
},
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "до́сыць"
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "донякъде"
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{
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"word": "доста"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "més aviat"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "相當"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"word": "相当"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "tamelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "rættiliga"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "melko"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "aika"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"lang": "French",
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"word": "plutôt"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "eher"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "ziemlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "recht"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
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"word": "elég"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "eléggé"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "meglehetősen"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "piuttosto"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "かなり"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "gluži"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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},
{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "temmelig"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "ganske"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "dosyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bastante"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bem"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"word": "meio"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "ru",
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"word": "доста́точно"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bastanti"
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{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "algo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bastante"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "ganska"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "tämligen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kɔ̂n-kâang",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "ค่อนข้าง"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bayağı"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "доста́тньо"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "до́сить"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "khá"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 4 3 89 2",
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"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "eithaf"
}
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"ref": "1683, John Dryden, transl., Plutarch's Lives: Life of Pompey, translation of original by Plutarch",
"text": "Pompey, being elated and filled with confidence by this victory, made all haste to engage Sertorius himself, and the rather lest Metellus should come in for a share in the honour of the victory.",
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"(obsolete) More quickly."
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{
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{
"ipa": "/ˌɹɑːˈðɜː(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹæðɚ/",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹʌ.ðə(ɹ)/",
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"Southern-American-English"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Southern-American-English"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹaː.ðə/",
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"General-Australian"
]
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɹæ.ðə/",
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]
},
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{
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{
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{
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{
"ref": "1984, Bruce Brooks, The Moves Make the Man",
"text": "Until just before the pie was popped into the heat. A few of them suddenly realized who put that gorgeous hunk of crackers together, and gaped. We grinned back, but very cool. The ones who knew said nothing, rathering to die than let on they had been hustled by two negative dudes.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002, Elizabeth Bowen, The Heat of the Day",
"text": "So you must excuse my saying anything I did: all it was, that up to the very last I had understood us all to be friendly — apart, that is, from his rathering me not there. How was I to know he would flash out so wicked?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, Mikel Schaefer, Lost in Katrina, page 323",
"text": "\"That was a killer,\" said Chris. \"I'd rathered die in St. Bernard than spent one minute over there. I would have rathered the storm, shaking with the wind and rain hitting in the boat for an eternity than spending any time there.",
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{
"ipa": "/ˌɹɑːˈðɜː(ɹ)/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹæðɚ/",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹʌ.ðə(ɹ)/",
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"Southern-American-English"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹaː.ðə/",
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{
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nìngyuàn",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "宁愿"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "raději"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "spíš"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "spíše"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "hellere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "liever"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "ennem"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "pigem"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "mieluummin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "plutôt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "eher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "lieber"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mâllon",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "μᾶλλον"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thâsson",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "θᾶσσον"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "inkább"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "szívesebben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "jobban"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "fremur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferibilmente"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "piuttosto"
},
{
"alt": "むしろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushiro",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "寧ろ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushiro",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "むしろ"
},
{
"alt": "いっそ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "isso",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "一層"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "potius"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "fortrinnsvis"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "fortrinnsvis"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "lēofre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "raczej"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "antes"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferivelmente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "de preferência"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "mai degrabă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lúčše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "лу́чше"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skoréje",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "скоре́е"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "radije"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "scanciu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "preferiblemente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "hellre"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "helst"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "snarare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "daha ziyade"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rádše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "ра́дше"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoríše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "скорі́ше"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krášče",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "кра́ще"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "švýdše",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "шви́дше"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "yn hytrach"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "libersht",
"sense": "preferably",
"word": "ליבערשט"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xutčéj",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "хутчэ́й"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-skoro",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "по-скоро"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎn'ér",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "反而"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎndào",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "反倒"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "tværtimod"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "daarentegen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "pikemminkin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "vaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "au contraire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "im Gegenteil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "sondern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "ellenkezőleg"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "sőt"
},
{
"alt": "むしろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mushiro",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "寧ろ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ohiryeo",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "오히려"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "maṟiccŭ",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "മറിച്ച്"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "tvert imot"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "raczej"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "ao contrário"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "aliás"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skoréje",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "скоре́е"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naprótiv",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "напро́тив"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "scanciu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "más bien"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "al contrario"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "snarare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "bilakis"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoríše",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "скорі́ше"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "navpaký",
"sense": "on the contrary",
"word": "навпаки́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-skoro",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "по-скоро"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "po-točno",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "по-точно"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "pikemminkin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "tarkemmin sanottuna"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "upro sc̣orad",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "უფრო სწორად"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "eher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "um genau zu sein"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "vagyis"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "illetve"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "jobban mondva"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "azaz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "azazhogy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "helyesebben"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "snarere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "raczej"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "mais"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "ou seja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "melhor dizendo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "ou melhor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vernéje",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "верне́е"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "tačnije"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "más bien"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "snarare"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rádše",
"sense": "more precisely",
"word": "ра́дше"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "davóli",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "даво́лі"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dósycʹ",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "до́сыць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "donjakǎde",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "донякъде"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dosta",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "доста"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "força"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bastant"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "més aviat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "相當"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiāngdāng",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "相当"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "noget"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "nogal"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "tamelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "vrij"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "redelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "best wel"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "nokkso"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "rættiliga"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "melko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "aika"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "plutôt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "eher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "ziemlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "recht"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mállon",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "μάλλον"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "elég"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "eléggé"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "meglehetősen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "abbastanza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "piuttosto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanari",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "かなり"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "diezgan"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "gluži"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "tʼáá yédígo"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "ganske"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "nokså"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "temmelig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "ganske"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "nokså"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "temmeleg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "dość"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "dosyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bastante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "um tanto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "meio"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "abastânza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dovólʹno",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "дово́льно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dostátočno",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "доста́точно"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bastanti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "algo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bastante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "ganska"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "rätt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "tämligen"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kɔ̂n-kâang",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "ค่อนข้าง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "bayağı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dostátnʹo",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "доста́тньо"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dósytʹ",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "до́сить"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "khá"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "somewhat, fairly",
"word": "eithaf"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"rather"
],
"word": "rather"
}
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"text": "\"Farewell, Daughter of Eve,\" said he. \"Perhaps I may keep the handkerchief?\"\n\"Rather!\" said Lucy, and then ran towards the far-off patch of daylight as quickly as her legs would carry her.",
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