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German
Etymology
Sache + -lich. Cognates include Swedish saklig.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sachlich (strong nominative masculine singular sachlicher, not comparable)
- objective, factual
1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 246:Und Diederich schloß: „Daher, meine Herren Richter, war ich berechtigt, dem Angeklagten, als er nörgeln wollte, mit aller Entschiedenheit entgegenzutreten. Ich habe ohne persönlichen Groll gehandelt, um der Sache willen. Sachlich sein heißt deutsch sein! “- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of sachlich (uncomparable)
Adverb
sachlich
- objectively, factually
- Antonym: unsachlich
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