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やけに

Reading

Kana: やけに
Romaji: yakeni
Kana
Romaji

Definition

adv
1

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

Note: from 自棄
Note: slang
See also: 自棄

Example Sentences

(かれ)今日(きょう)やけに親切(しんせつ)だ。
➥He is being very kind today.
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子供(こども)たちはやけに(しず)かだった。
➥The children were being very quiet.
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もうやめなさい。今日(きょう)はやけにふざけているんだから。
➥Stop it. You're being ridiculous.
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今日(きょう)(かれ)はやけに親切(しんせつ)だ。
➥He is being very kind today.
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(かれ)はそこで発見(はっけん)したものをおおやけにしなかった。
➥He didn't make public what he had discovered there.
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()のところ、彼女(かのじょ)はやけになって、()(がね)をみんな(んに)にやってしまったのだ。
➥To tell the truth, she gave away all her money to others in desperation.
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