굳이 meaning + examples

alexib224:

굳이 = similar to “deliberately”,  “was it really necessary (to)…” “Did you absolutely have to…”

Examples:
• 굳이 초학생들을 밀쳐가다 = Deliberately push/shove school kids (elementary students)
• 굳이 여기까지 와서 그 말을 하는 이유가 뭐야? =
Why’d (why the hell did) you come all the way here just to say that?
“What’s your reason for making the extra effort of
coming here to tell me that?”