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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From sak + -lig.
Adjective
saklig (neuter singular saklig, definite singular and plural saklige)
- factual
- objective
- matter-of-fact
- unprejudiced, impartial
- just, fair, unbiased
- businesslike
- (as an adverb) objectively, impartially, factually, matter-of-factly
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Swedish
Etymology
From sak (“thing”) + -lig (“-ly”). Compare Danish saglig, Norwegian saklig, German sachlich, sächlich.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saklig (comparative sakligare, superlative sakligast)
- dealing with things as they are (without agenda or expressed bias or the like); objective, unbiased, just, matter-of-fact, factual, etc.
- Antonym: osaklig
Bra journalister klarar av att vara sakliga- Good journalists manage to be objective
saklig information- factual information
saklig kritik- objective criticism
Usage notes
Keeping to the thing (sak) at hand, as it is, intuitively.
Declension
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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