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nettopp

adverbadverb

just · exactly · precisely

EtymologyOpphav

av nett (II)neat, trim · pretty og oppup · open (with verbs of opening) · up, completely (marking a process finished), opprinnelig ‘helt opp, akkurat tilstrekkelig’ from nett (II)neat, trim · pretty and oppup · open (with verbs of opening) · up, completely (marking a process finished), originally 'right up, just enough'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. nøyaktig (2)exactly, akkurat (1)just exactlynøyaktig (2), justakkurat (1)
    • nettopp, slik er det! precisely, that's how it is!
    • det er nettopp det jeg mener that is exactly what I mean
    • hun er ikke nettopp den flinkeste i klassen she is not exactly the cleverest in the class
  2. for et øyeblikk siden;
    i sted     a moment ago;
    just now
    • de gikk nettopp they just left
  3. i øyeblikket;
    akkurat nå     at the moment;
    right now
    • jeg står nettopp og venter I'm just standing here waiting
  4. om et øyeblikk in a moment
    • filmen skulle nettopp begynne the film was just about to start