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Definition of Assai
1. a tropical tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Assai
1. A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow. Origin: It, fr. L. Ad + satis enough. See Assets. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Literary usage of Assai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journey in Brazil by Louis Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (1895)
"assai I'ALM.— VISIT TO ORPHAN ASYLUM. — DETAINED IN PORT. — VARIETY OF MEDUS.E —ARRIVAL
O>' AMERICAN GUNBOAT. — MORE MEDUS. ..."