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Swedish
Etymology
spreta + -ig (“-y”)
Adjective
spretig (comparative spretigare, superlative spretigast)
- sticking out (in different directions), sprawling, (of hair or a plant or the like) straggly
en spretig buske- a straggly plant
spretigt hår- straggly hair
- (figuratively) unfocused, going all over the place
ett spretigt föredrag- an unfocused talk
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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