darem, adverb

/ˈdarəm/
Forms:
Also daarem, darema.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ‘all the same’, ‘though’, ‘however’ from daarom therefore, hence.
colloquial
Used for emphasis: a rough equivalent of ‘after all’, ‘at least’, ‘really’, ‘though’. Cf. maar adverb sense 2.
1920 R.Y. Stormberg Mrs Pieter de Bruyn 60That was daarem not so bad, but (sarcastically) don’t you think it a shame to sack the pantry so?
c1966 M. Jabour in New S. Afr. Writing 92We darema had that bit of rain last month.
1968 F.G. Butler Cape Charade 11I never saw a man kick in his night shirt before...That was darem..the funniest thing of the whole New Year.
1972 L. Van der Post Story like Wind 143Darem is even more difficult to explain, suggesting an apprehension of reality independent of all possible qualification of adjective or adverb, a word for which one has encountered no equivalent in any other language...It would mean something to the effect that ‘in the meantime, notwithstanding, however.’
1972 L. Van der Post Story like Wind 143 [see ja-nee sense 3].
1973 Y. Burgess Life to Live 97Susan leaned over to whisper triumphantly: ‘You see? Freek darem isin’ as bad as that.’
1981 Daily Dispatch 27 Oct. 14‘A man has a responsibility to his volk,’ he explained, ‘But the government darem makes it difficult for a person these days.’
1984 ‘Dan’ in Frontline May 39Maybe its the cost of living in the modern world, Koos, but it’s darem sad.
a rough equivalent of ‘after all’, ‘at least’, ‘really’, ‘though’.
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