Elvileg
Elvileg
Meaning:
principally
Used a lot more often and more colloquially, than in English.
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Elvileg úgy volt, hogy holnap találkozunk
Principally that-way was, that tomorrow meet-we.
[Principally] we were supposed to meet tomorrow. (Putting “principally” in brackets, because it doesn’t sound natural to add it to the English sentence, but it is very natural in Hungarian.)
Elvileg mégse megyünk holnap úszni.
Principally not-after-all go-we tomorrow to-swim.
[Principally] it looks like we’re not going swimming tomorrow after all.
Related terms:
elv – principle, maxime, doctrine
elméletileg – theoretically – used in a similar, colloquial way, as “elvileg”
erkölcs – moral, ethics
gyakorlatilag – practically, in practice
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Hi,
I think you are confusing the different English meanings of “principally” and “in principle”.
I think “elvileg” is “in principle”, or “in theory”.
Főként = principally.
Thanks!