Meanings

1. adverb, adjectival noun, na-adjectivevery; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite余 is ateji
2. adverbjust about to; almost; very nearly

Examples

• 彼はその話がよほど面白かったようだ。

  It seems that he was very much amused by the story.

• よほど重要な用向きでやってきたことが、彼の顔色で分かった。

  I could tell by the look on his face that he had come on very important business.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 余程

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