"quanto mai" meaning in Italian

See quanto mai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Etymology: Literally, “how never”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|how never}} “how never”, {{lit|how never}} Literally, “how never” Head templates: {{head|it|prepositional phrase}} quanto mai
  1. like never before; as ever
    Sense id: en-quanto_mai-it-prep_phrase-bckJDUbG Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. very, extremely Synonyms: oltremodo
    Sense id: en-quanto_mai-it-prep_phrase-phYrS6Em
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          "_dis": "99 1",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "english": "I'm as happy as ever",
          "text": "sono felice quanto mai",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "like never before; as ever"
      ],
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        [
          "as ever",
          "as ever"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Sometimes a simple figure outlined with a few strokes of the pen and few charismatic adjectives seems like a very improbable success, born from an excess of acumen and energy, an overabundance of love for an imaginary world which is expressed in the desire to animate even its participants of minor importance.",
          "ref": "2021 January 9, “Il fascino eterno e insensato del Grande Gatsby [The eternal and senseless fascination of the Great Gatsby]”, in la Repubblica:",
          "text": "Talvolta, una semplice figura delineata con pochi tratti di penna e pochi aggettivi carismatici sembra un successo quanto mai improbabile, nato da un eccesso di acume ed energia, una sovrabbondanza di amore per un mondo immaginario che si esprime nel desiderio di animare perfino i suoi partecipanti di minore importanza.",
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        "very, extremely"
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        {
          "word": "oltremodo"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "quanto mai"
}
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    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian multiword terms",
    "Italian prepositional phrases",
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      "args": {
        "1": "how never"
      },
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          "english": "I'm as happy as ever",
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        "like never before; as ever"
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          "as ever"
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        {
          "english": "Sometimes a simple figure outlined with a few strokes of the pen and few charismatic adjectives seems like a very improbable success, born from an excess of acumen and energy, an overabundance of love for an imaginary world which is expressed in the desire to animate even its participants of minor importance.",
          "ref": "2021 January 9, “Il fascino eterno e insensato del Grande Gatsby [The eternal and senseless fascination of the Great Gatsby]”, in la Repubblica:",
          "text": "Talvolta, una semplice figura delineata con pochi tratti di penna e pochi aggettivi carismatici sembra un successo quanto mai improbabile, nato da un eccesso di acume ed energia, una sovrabbondanza di amore per un mondo immaginario che si esprime nel desiderio di animare perfino i suoi partecipanti di minore importanza.",
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