"piuttosto" meaning in Italian

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      "name": "univerbation"
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  "hyphenation": [
    "piut‧tò‧sto"
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "english": "I would prefer you came on Friday rather than on Thursday",
          "text": "preferirei che venissi venerdì piuttosto che giovedì",
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        "rather (than), better (than), instead (of)"
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          "better",
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        "(with che or di) rather (than), better (than), instead (of)"
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        {
          "word": "invece"
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        {
          "english": "it's pretty unusual",
          "text": "è piuttosto insolito",
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        "rather, somewhat, fairly"
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        {
          "word": "abbastanza"
        },
        {
          "word": "alquanto"
        },
        {
          "word": "un po'"
        }
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        "sooner"
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        "(obsolete) sooner"
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      "ipa": "/pjutˈtɔ.sto/"
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          "english": "I would prefer you came on Friday rather than on Thursday",
          "text": "preferirei che venissi venerdì piuttosto che giovedì",
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        "rather (than), better (than), instead (of)"
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        "(with che or di) rather (than), better (than), instead (of)"
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        "rather, somewhat, fairly"
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        {
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        "sooner"
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        "(obsolete) sooner"
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