owszem
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish owszem. Compare Czech ovšem (“but; certainly, yes, of course”).
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
owszem
- certainly, yes, of course
- Synonyms: tak, dokładnie, racja, naturalnie, oczywiście, rzeczywiście, w rzeczy samej
- used with an additional sentence to contradict what an interlocutor has said
- (literary) an in-word used to confirm and intensify a subordinate clause
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