skönandlig
Swedish
Etymology
skönande + -lig. Compare German schöngeistig.
Adjective
skönandlig (comparative skönandligare, superlative skönandligast)
- belletristic (relating to or characterized by aesthetes)
Usage notes
Often used derogatorily.
Declension
| Inflection of skönandlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | skönandlig | skönandligare | skönandligast |
| Neuter singular | skönandligt | skönandligare | skönandligast |
| Plural | skönandliga | skönandligare | skönandligast |
| Masculine plural3 | skönandlige | skönandligare | skönandligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | skönandlige | skönandligare | skönandligaste |
| All | skönandliga | skönandligare | skönandligaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
References
- skönandlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)