-(으)리만치
(eu)riman chi
Grammar · 1 sense
So Much So That
Examples
우연치고는 너무 이상하리만치 자꾸 엮이는 것 같아요.
We keep running into each other -- it's too strange to be just a coincidence.
선뜩하리만치 깔끔한 공중제비로, 아이돌이 무대 왼 구석에서 튀어나왔다.
The idol burst out from the left corner of the stage with a shockingly/chillingly clean acrobatic move.
When you'd hear it
This pattern is chiefly written and literary, appearing in polished narration, news-style prose, and dramatic dialogue more often than in casual conversation. It gives expressions such as 이상하리만치 and 선뜩하리만치 a notably emphatic, literary tone.
What learners get wrong
It overlaps with -(으)ㄹ 만큼, but 만큼 is the ordinary choice in conversation, while -(으)리만치 is marked and often used in literary or dramatic description. Treat -(으)리만치 as a stylistic degree expression rather than a neutral everyday substitute.
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