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testualmente

verbatim

adverb tes-twahl-MEN-teh Rare

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Usage Note

Testualmente is used to signal that what follows is an exact quotation. It is a formal, often journalistic or legal, adverb. A speaker will say ha detto testualmente che... to emphasise they are quoting precisely rather than paraphrasing.

Examples

"Ha detto testualmente che non sarebbe venuto."

Natural Translation

He said verbatim that he would not come.

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