-다시피 하다
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Grammar · 1 sense
Almost, practically, nearly.
Examples
그 남자는 매일 집에서 살다시피 해요.
He practically lives at home every day.
비가 너무 많이 와서 물에 잠기다시피 했어요.
It rained so much that it was practically flooded.
그 여자는 삼겹살을 주식으로 하다시피 해요.
She practically lives on pork belly as her staple food.
When you'd hear it
This pattern is common in conversation and writing, including dramas, news reports, and everyday descriptions of extreme or near-constant situations. It is polite or neutral depending on the sentence ending, rather than being especially formal.
What learners get wrong
Unlike -(으)ㄹ 뻔하다, which usually describes something that nearly happened but did not, -다시피 하다 describes something as practically or almost the case, often over a period of time. It can therefore describe repeated behavior, such as 살다시피 하다.
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