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astfel
thus / in this way /astˈfel/
adverb#440 most common
Also: so, such, in such a way
Example sentences
Nu am mai văzut un astfel de câine.
I have never seen a dog like this before.
Astfel de filme îmi plac foarte mult.
I like movies of this kind a lot.
Astfel, am reușit să terminăm proiectul la timp.
Thus, we managed to finish the project on time.
El a explicat totul astfel încât toată lumea să înțeleagă.
He explained everything in such a way that everyone would understand.
Politica economică a fost modificată, astfel încât inflația să scadă.
The economic policy was changed, so that inflation would fall.
Autorul construiește narațiunea astfel încât cititorul să nu poată anticipa deznodământul.
The author builds the narrative in such a way that the reader cannot foresee the ending.
Word family
felkind, sort, manner
feluritvaried, of many kinds
felurikinds, sorts (plural of fel)
așaso, like this (near-synonym)Etymology
Astfel is a native Romanian compound, not a borrowing. It joins the old demonstrative stem ast- (also seen in asta, "this thing", and related to acest, "this") with fel, a noun meaning "kind" or "manner" whose exact source is debated. Together they meant literally "this kind (of way)", which narrowed over time to the modern sense "thus, in this way". Because fel is not a Latin inheritance, astfel has no clean cognate set in the other Romance languages.
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