per meglio dire
Italian
Alternative forms
- o meglio
Etymology
Literally, "to better say."
Phrase
per meglio dire
- to be precise, or rather
- 2013, chapter 4, in F. Scott Fitzgerald; Ferruccio Russo, transl., Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 91:
- Quindi gli Ismay, i Chrystie (o per meglio dire Hubert Auerbach e la moglie di Chrystie) ed Edgar Beaver, i cui capelli si dice divennero bianchi come il cotone improvvisamente in un pomeriggio d'inverno senza alcuna ragione.
- And the Ismays and the Chrysties (or rather Hubert Auerbach and Mr. Chrystie’s wife) and Edgar Beaver, whose hair they say turned cotton-white one winter afternoon for no good reason at all.
- (literally, “So the Ismays, the Chrysties (or to be precise Hubert Auerbach and Chrystie's wife) and Edgar Beaver, whose hair they say turned white like cotton all of a sudden on a winter afternoon without any reason.”)