stensikker

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Danish

Etymology

sten- (quite, very) +‎ sikker (certain)

Adjective

stensikker

  1. (colloquial) quite certain
    • 2010, Hanne Feldthus, Den stensikre vej til fiasko: Underholdende og lærerige historier fra det virkelige arbejdsliv, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Fem stensikre måder at opnå fiasko på:
      Five surefire ways of achieving failure:
    • 2008, Fremtidens ledelse: sådan skabes langtidsholdbar succes, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 65:
      ... når den øverste ledelse kræver stensikre forsikringer om fremtidig succes, ...
      ... when top management demands absolutely certain assurances of future success.
    • 1973, Knud Barnholdt, Politisk testamente:
      Han er stensikker på, at Vorherre ikke har noget imod noget, ...
      He is completely sure that Our Lord doesn't mind anything, ...

Inflection

Inflection of stensikker
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular stensikker 2
Indefinite neuter singular stensikkert 2
Plural stensikre 2
Definite attributive1 stensikre
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.