di netto
Italian
Etymology
Literally, "of neat/clean."
Prepositional phrase
di netto
- with a clean cut
- 2013, chapter 3, in F. Scott Fitzgerald; Ferruccio Russo, transl., Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 85:
- Nel canale a lato della strada, rovesciata sulla fiancata sinistra e con una ruota staccata di netto, c'era una coupé nuova che s'era avviata per il viale di Gatsby giusto due minuti prima.
- In the ditch beside the road, right side up but violently shorn of one wheel, rested a new coupé which had left Gatsby’s drive not two minutes before.
- (literally, “In the canal by the side of the road, turned over on the left side and with a tire cleanly detached, there was a new coupé that had started up Gatsby's driveway just two minutes before.”)
- (figuratively, by extension) with a quick, brusque transition; all of a sudden
- Synonyms: improvvisamente, tutt'a un tratto, di colpo