handgriplig

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Swedish

Etymology

hand (“hand”) +‎ gripa (“grip”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”)

Adjective

handgriplig (not comparable)

  1. done with the hands, physical (often in a rough manner)
  2. (figuratively) palpable

Declension

Inflection of handgriplig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular handgriplig — —
neuter singular handgripligt — —
plural handgripliga — —
masculine plural2 handgriplige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 handgriplige — —
all handgripliga — —

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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