-lti

lti Finnish Etymology fi -lta ablative suffix -i adverbial lative suffix (from earlier fi *-ltik). Derived from the ablative suffix fi -lta; compare fi -sti. Pronunciation (*) Suffix adverb Forms adverbs from some adjectives, that mean "in the manner of being something". fi Levitin leivälle paksulti voita. I spread a thick layer of butter on the bread. fi Olen pitkälti sitä mieltä, että... I am, by and large, of the opinion that... fi Ongelmamme johtuvat paljolti siitä, että... A lot of our problems are due to the fact that... Usage notes The meaning is roughly the same as that of fi -sti -ly. The corresponding English expressions are not necessarily obvious. fi -sti is much more common than fi -lti; the latter is much less productive. Some derivations are probably better understood as words in their own right, e.g. fi silti, fi kosolti, fi viljalti. Derived terms fi References