aldeilis

== Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish aldeles, partly from al- +‎ -deles, derived from del (compare Danish særdeles, Icelandic sérdeilis), and partly from Medieval Danish alleledis, derived from led (“way”) (compare Icelandic leið and svoleiðis), which became conflated with the former, perhaps by metathesis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈal.teiːlɪs] === Adverb === aldeilis (dated) completely, totally Synonyms: alveg, algjörlega, gjörsamlega (chiefly in the negative) at all Synonym: alls an intensifier used as a sentence adverb to indicate an abundance or great degree Synonym: heldur betur === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “aldeilis”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) “aldeles” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog