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спроста́

rare #32502
adverb
  • 1.

    (rareartlessly, naively, in all innocence, without thinking

    Он спроста́ рассказа́л ей всё.

    He told her everything quite artlessly.

    Colloquial; suggests the speaker acted from simplicity rather than calculation.

  • 2.

    (rarejust like that, for no particular reason, without any special reason

    Я э́то спроста́ сде́лал.

    I just did it for no particular reason.

    Colloquial; most often met in the negated phrase «не спроста» = 'not without a reason'.

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  • Iron edited translation 3 weeks ago.
  • Lisa edited word type 6 years ago.