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    доволен[тики] большая семья

    A girl is talking about her family and says:
    У меня довóлен[тики/e] большая семья. Я живу с мамой, с бабушкой, и с своей собакой.
    I can't find the word in italics, perhaps it is a colloquial word. I have thought if it could be: a rather feminine (жéнская) familiy, but it is not. What can it be? Thanks.

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    довольно-таки
    My family is quite big.

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    Довольный. Краткая форма (мужской) доволен.

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    довóлен[тики/e]
    Прямо-таки с мягким "т" и произнесла?

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    What we have here is not an adjective but an adverb - "довольно".
    Although it does have one meaning derived from "довольный" ("Он довольно улыбался"), here it is used in another meaning - quite/rather/fairly.
    "таки" is more or less irrelevant.

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    Thank you very much.

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    радомир, как она произнесла "таки"? С мягким "т"? Вы написали "тики".

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    She was speaking rapidly, so it could be -таки. Thank you.

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