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Swedish
Etymology
bokstav + -lig
Adjective
bokstavlig
- literal, true, veritable (not figurative, allegorical, or the like)
- Antonym: bildlig
bokstavligt talat- literally speaking
- literal (exactly matching or corresponding to the original word(s) (of for example a translation))
- Synonym: ordagrann
Declension
Inflection of bokstavlig
| Indefinite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative1
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| common singular
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bokstavlig
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—
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—
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| neuter singular
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bokstavligt
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—
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—
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| plural
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bokstavliga
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—
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—
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| masculine plural2
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bokstavlige
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—
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—
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| Definite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative
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| masculine singular3
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bokstavlige
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—
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—
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| all
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bokstavliga
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—
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—
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1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
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