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Swedish
Etymology
Past participle of styra upp.
Adjective
uppstyrd (comparative mer uppstyrd, superlative mest uppstyrd)
- (colloquial) kept within tight reins; strict and organized
2010, Petra Månström, “Man är inte mer än människa… [Not more than human]”, in Svenska Dagbladet:Efter att jag skrivit förra inlägget om min höstträning slog det mig att det ju kanske ser ut som att jag är en extremt uppstyrd person som likt en robot betar av mina pass precis enligt plan.- After having written my last post about my autumn training, I realised that it might look like I am an extremely organised person who does session after session like a robot according to plan.
2012, Ralf Börjesson, Göteborgs-Posten:– Jag tror jag kommer till en fartfylld liga, inte så strikt och uppstyrd som Elitserien.- – I think I’m going to a pacey league, not as strict and rigid as Elitserien.
- (colloquial, more loosely) organized
2019, Simon Engstrand, Elin Janeröd, “Skoterläger lockade kvinnor från hela landet [Scooter camp attracted women from all over the country]”, in Sveriges Television:Det har varit riktigt bra. Otroligt bra stämning och bra uppstyrt av arrangörerna.- It has been really good. Extremely good atmosphere and well organized by the coordinators.
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.
Derived terms
Participle
uppstyrd
- past participle of styra upp