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TOPIK 6adverb

번연히

beonyeonhi [버년히]

번연히 알면서 · 번연히 보이다

plainly, obviously, full well

Example

그는 번연히 알면서도 모르는 척했어요.

He knew full well, yet pretended not to know.

Word parts

A literary cousin of 뻔히 'obviously'.

Good to know

Most common in 번연히 알면서(도) 'even while knowing full well'.