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modo

Pronunciation: [ˈmɔ.doː]

“modo” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. just, only, merely, simply
  2. recently, just now
  3. presently
  4. now … now; now … and then; sometimes … sometimes; at one time … at another

postposition

  1. the way, as, the manner

Etymology

From modus (“measure, mode, manner, way”); the adverb derives from its ablative form. The short vowel in the adverb is an example of iambic shortening that became conventional in Classical Latin (as in ego).

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