angivelig

Danish

Etymology

From angive +‎ -lig.

Adjective

angivelig (neuter angiveligt, plural and definite singular attributive angivelige)

  1. (uncommon) alleged, claimed
  2. (as an adverb) reportedly, purportedly, supposedly
  3. really, actually, in fact, notoriously

Declension

Inflection of angivelig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular angivelig — —2
indefinite neuter singular angiveligt — —2
plural angivelige — —2
definite attributive1 angivelige — —

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.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From angivelse.

Adverb

angivelig

  1. supposedly

Synonyms

References

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