beskedlig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish beskedheliker, superficially equivalent to besked +‎ -lig. Compare Dutch bescheidenlijk, German bescheiden.

Adjective

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beskedlig (comparative beskedligare, superlative beskedligast)

  1. kind, good-natured, obliging
  2. moderate, modest, unassuming
  3. (transferred sense) tame, unexciting
    en beskedlig bil
    an unexciting car

Declension

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Inflection of beskedlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular beskedlig beskedligare beskedligast
Neuter singular beskedligt beskedligare beskedligast
Plural beskedliga beskedligare beskedligast
Masculine plural3 beskedlige beskedligare beskedligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 beskedlige beskedligare beskedligaste
All beskedliga beskedligare beskedligaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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