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Swedish
Etymology
skapa + -lig
Adjective
skaplig
- pretty good, decent
Hon är en skaplig violinist- She's a decent violinist
Stenen landade en meter från oss. Vi hade skaplig tur.- The rock landed a meter from us. We had pretty good luck.
Usage notes
Sometimes stronger by ironic extension, similar to the last example.
Declension
Inflection of skaplig
| 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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skaplig
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—
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| neuter singular
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skapligt
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—
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—
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| plural
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skapliga
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—
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—
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| masculine plural2
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skaplige
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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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skaplige
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—
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—
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| all
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skapliga
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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.