世よにも

よ

に

も

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Emphatic adverb often used before adjectives or descriptive phrases to mean 'extremely' or 'truly'. Common in literary or expressive contexts.

それは世よにも美うつくしい景色けしきだった。
It was an extremely beautiful view.
世よにも不ふ思し議ぎな話はなしを聞きいた。
I heard a very strange story.

Usage patterns

世よにも〈形けい容よう詞し〉extremely [adjective], used for dramatic or striking description
それは世よにも奇き妙みょうな出で来き事ごとだった。
It was an extremely strange occurrence.
世よにも美うつくしい〈物もの〉an extraordinarily beautiful thing
彼かの女じょは世よにも美うつくしい声こえで歌うたった。
She sang with an extraordinarily beautiful voice.

Kanji

世generation, world, society

Related words

非ひ常じょうにN4
非常に is a common, neutral intensifier used in everyday and formal speech, while 世にも has a more dramatic, literary flavor and is used far less often.
とてもN4
とても is the plain, everyday word for 'very', whereas 世にも is a rarer, more emphatic literary intensifier often paired with striking adjectives.
実じつにN3
実に and 世にも both add emphatic, somewhat literary force to a description, but 実に is more common and can stand before a wider range of words.

Etymology

Compound of 世 (yo, 'world') + に (ni, particle) + も (mo, 'even'), literally 'even in the world'. The exact historical derivation of the intensifying sense is uncertain, but it likely developed from a rhetorical expression meaning 'in the whole world'.