pimeästi

Finnish

Etymology

pimeä (“dark, obscure”) +‎ -sti (“-ly”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpimeæstiˣ/, [ˈpime̞ˌæs̠ti(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -æsti
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧me‧äs‧ti

Adverb

pimeästi (comparative pimeämmin, superlative pimeimmin)

1. under-the-table, under-the-counter, secretly, covertly
2. cash in hand (in a manner receiving direct payment by cash, often without paying tax)

   Kuulin, että hän työskentelee siinä ravintolassa pimeästi maksaakseen laskunsa.

   I heard he's working at that restaurant cash in hand to pay the bills.

3. darkly, obscurely

Further reading

• “pimeästi”, 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 2023-07-03