No. 100 in Finnish
erittäin
"Very" or "extremely."
In a sentence
Hän on erittäin ystävällinen.
She is extremely friendly.
In this sentence, 'erittäin' is used as an adverb to intensify the adjective 'ystävällinen' (friendly).
Olet tehnyt erittäin hyvää työtä.
You have done extremely good work.
Here, 'erittäin' emphasizes the quality described by the adjective 'hyvää' (good), enhancing the compliment.
Tämä kirja on erittäin kiinnostava.
This book is extremely interesting.
The word 'erittäin' modifies 'kiinnostava' (interesting) to convey that the degree of interest is very high.
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