afile

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Pronunciations

afile (ah-FEE-luh) listen

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Definitions

  • adv. Even (emphasizing a comparison or extreme example).

Example Sentences

  • "The members of my generation spent klayn or no time telling these stories to our children. Afile if we did, these tales were regarded as past geshichte." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • אַפֿילו afile

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      afileh, afila, afilah

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