långsökt

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Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, lång (far) +‎ sökt (sought).

Adjective

långsökt (comparative mer långsökt, superlative mest långsökt)

  1. far-fetched (difficult to believe)
    Det verkar långsökt att han skulle skjutit sig själv trettio gånger
    It seems far-fetched that he would've shot himself thirty times
  2. contrived (unnatural, forced)
    Synonym: krystad
    ett långsökt skämt
    a contrived joke

Declension

Inflection of långsökt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular långsökt mer långsökt mest långsökt
Neuter singular långsökt mer långsökt mest långsökt
Plural långsökta mer långsökta mest långsökta
Masculine plural3 långsökte mer långsökta mest långsökta
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 långsökte mer långsökte mest långsökte
All långsökta mer långsökta mest långsökta
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

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