What does alveg in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word alveg in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use alveg in Icelandic.

The word alveg in Icelandic means quite, absolutely, entirely. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word alveg

quite

adverb

Jafnvel þótt ég hafi rangt fyrir mér, hefur þú ekki alveg rétt fyrir þér.
Even if I am wrong, you are not quite right.

absolutely

adverb

Hún var alveg hörđ á ūví ađ framkvæma frumrannsķknina ein síns liđs.
She was adamant, absolutely adamant about, here you are about making the initial foray by herself.

entirely

adverb

Hvort ķsk Jakobs rætist veltur alveg á ūér.
To make Geppetto's wish come true will be entirely up to you.

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En hafið samt alveg á tæru:
The point that I must emphasise is
Ég er međ alveg rétta forritiđ.
I've got just the thing for that.
Ég veit alveg hvađ ég er ađ tala um.
I know exactly what I'm talking about.
Ūú barđist viđ ūá af ūví ūér er bara alveg sama hvađ verđur um ūig.
You fought them because you just didnae care what happened to you.
Einbeiti mér alveg ađ plötunum.
A total immersion in the vinyl, you know?
Hann ræddi þetta allt við mig og var alveg rólegur.
He stayed so calm as he talked the whole thing out with me!
En ef líf okkar er í samræmi við sannleikann göngum við í ljósinu alveg eins og Guð.
But if we pursue a course harmonizing with the truth, we are in the light, even as God is.
Og ég ūori alveg ađ segja ūađ.
And I'm not ashamed to tell you.
Ekki alveg.
Not quite.
Alveg eins og minn.
It's just like my hand.
7 Jehóva hefur boðið þeim sem eftir eru af smurðum kristnum mönnum á jörðinni, alveg eins og hann bauð spámanninnum Jeremía, að vera ‚yfir þjóðum og yfir konungsríkjum til þess að uppræta og umturna, eyða og rífa niður, byggja og gróðursetja.‘
7 Jehovah has commissioned the remaining anointed Christians on earth, just as he did the prophet Jeremiah, “to be over the nations and over the kingdoms, in order to uproot and to pull down and to destroy and to tear down, to build and to plant.”
7 Jesús var jarðneskur sonur Guðs frá því að hann fæddist sem maður, alveg eins og hinn fullkomni Adam var ‚sonur Guðs.‘
7 Jesus was God’s Son from his human birth, even as the perfect man Adam was the “son of God.”
1: Alveg á kafi í prédikun fagnaðarerindisins (jv bls. 444 gr. 1– bls. 448 gr.
1: Intensely Occupied With Preaching the Good News (jv p. 444 par. 1– p. 448 par.
Vottar Jehóva nú á dögum sýna skynsemi og breyta um starfsaðferðir þegar þeir verða fyrir árásum alveg eins og byggingarmennirnir í Jerúsalem gerðu.
Just as the builders in Jerusalem adjusted their work method, so Jehovah’s Witnesses today prudently adjust their preaching methods when under attack.
Ég skil alveg áætlanir.
I understand all about schedules.
Rachel, ung bresk „au-pair“ stúlka í Þýskalandi, segir af eigin reynslu: „Taktu þátt í safnaðarlífinu alveg frá byrjun.
Young Rachel, a British au pair in Germany, speaks from personal experience when she advises: “Get involved straightaway.
Mér er líka alveg sama.
I don't care anyway.
Ekki kannski alveg það sem þú áttir von á?
Not quite what you expected?
(Jesaja 64:8) Þegar upp rennur tími Guðs til að endurlífga hina látnu mun hann vinna það kraftaverk, alveg eins og hann vann kraftaverk þegar hann skapaði fyrsta manninn.
(Isaiah 64:8) This is why the Bible uses the expression “memorial tombs.”
Ég fķr alveg međ hann.
Totally rang his bell.
Sumir, sem hafa tengsl við söfnuðinn, gera það og vita ekki alveg í hvoru fótinn þeir eiga að stíga.
Some associated with the congregation do, and they are indecisive.
Það verður alveg eins og sálmaritarinn Davíð sagði fyrir: „[Jehóva] varðveitir alla þá er elska hann, en útrýmir öllum níðingum.“ — Sálmur 145:20; Opinberunarbókin 19:11-21.
It will be just as the psalmist David foretold: “Jehovah is guarding all those loving him, but all the wicked ones he will annihilate.” —Psalm 145:20; Revelation 19:11-21.
En, nú að ég er alveg viss um að ég hef ekki,
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Ūú skrifar alveg eins og hann.
You're writing like him and all.
Ūađ vill svo til ađ ūađ er í Ítalíu, sem er, alveg, allt annađ land.
Which happens to be in Italy, which is, like, in a whole other country.

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