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со́бственно

fairly common #1247B2
adverbadverb of со́бственный
  • 1.

    actually, in fact, really, truly

    А что, со́бственно, случи́лось?

    And what actually happened?

    Very common as a parenthetical, usually set off by commas, often softening or refocusing a question.

  • 2.

    strictly speaking, properly speaking

    Со́бственно говоря, э́то не моя рабо́та.

    Strictly speaking, this isn't my job.

    Often in the phrase собственно говоря.

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • Little_Louis edited translation 3 years ago.
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  • TonyUK edited translation 4 years ago.