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JLPT N1 · Adverb

やけに (yakeni)

やけに is a Japanese adverb meaning “awfully; frightfully”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
やけに
Romaji
yakeni
Word class
Adverb
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly · adverb · colloquial · from 自棄

Example sentences

もうやめなさい。今日はやけにふざけているんだから。
Stop it. You're being ridiculous.
Tatoeba #194359

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1012770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.