väkisin
Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
- (colloquial) väkisten
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *väkicin, equivalent to väki (“force”) + -isin, or the instructive plural of väkinen.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
väkisin
- by force, involuntarily
- (figuratively) in a forced manner (produced by strain; not spontaneous; unsincere)
Synonyms edit
- väen vängällä
- vängällä
- ikinsokin (dialectal)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “väkisin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04