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bokstavlig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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bokstav +‎ -lig

Adjective

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bokstavlig

  1. literal, true, veritable (not figurative, allegorical, or the like)
    Antonym: bildlig
    bokstavligt talat
    literally speaking
  2. literal (exactly matching or corresponding to the original word(s) (of for example a translation))
    Synonym: ordagrann

Declension

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Inflection of bokstavlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bokstavlig
neuter singular bokstavligt
plural bokstavliga
masculine plural2 bokstavlige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bokstavlige
all bokstavliga

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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