"spiss" meaning in Maltese

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        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "spissu",
        "lit": "thickly",
        "t": "often"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian spissu (“often”, literally “thickly”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "spissus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin spissus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sicilian spissu (“often”, literally “thickly”), from Latin spissus.",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spiss",
      "name": "mt-adverb"
    }
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  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rari"
        },
        {
          "word": "rarament"
        }
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          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "english": "Last night I had a dream.\nA pleasant dream, but strange.\nActually, it's a recurring dream.",
          "ref": "2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, →ISBN, page 18:",
          "text": "Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.\nWaħda ħelwa, imma stramba.\nFil-verità, waħda li qed noħlom ta’ spiss.",
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        "often, frequently"
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          "often",
          "often"
        ],
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          "frequently",
          "frequently"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ħafna drabi"
        },
        {
          "word": "wisq drabi"
        },
        {
          "word": "sikwit"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spiss"
}

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        "2": "scn",
        "3": "spissu",
        "lit": "thickly",
        "t": "often"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian spissu (“often”, literally “thickly”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "spissus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin spissus",
      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sicilian spissu (“often”, literally “thickly”), from Latin spissus.",
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spiss",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "rari"
        },
        {
          "word": "rarament"
        }
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        "Pages with entries"
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        {
          "english": "Last night I had a dream.\nA pleasant dream, but strange.\nActually, it's a recurring dream.",
          "ref": "2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, →ISBN, page 18:",
          "text": "Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.\nWaħda ħelwa, imma stramba.\nFil-verità, waħda li qed noħlom ta’ spiss.",
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        }
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        "often, frequently"
      ],
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          "often",
          "often"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ħafna drabi"
        },
        {
          "word": "wisq drabi"
        },
        {
          "word": "sikwit"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/spɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spiss"
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