No. 603 in Latvian

visai

"Visai" in Latvian means "quite," "rather," or "fairly."

In a sentence

Šis uzdevums ir visai sarežģīts.
This task is quite complicated.
Here, 'visai' is used as an adverb to intensify the adjective 'sarežģīts' (complicated), meaning 'quite' or 'rather'.
Visai komandai vajadzētu piedalīties sapulcē.
The entire team should attend the meeting.
In this sentence, 'visai' functions as a modifier for the noun 'komandai' (team), meaning 'entire' or 'whole'.
Es visai reti eju peldēties.
I quite seldom go swimming.
Here, 'visai' is used as an adverb modifying the adverb 'reti' (seldom), intensifying its meaning to convey 'quite seldom' or 'rather unfrequently'.

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