antagelig

Danish

Etymology 1

From antage +‎ -lig.

Adjective

antagelig (neuter antageligt, plural and definite singular attributive antagelige)

  1. acceptable, reasonable, justifiable
    Synonym: uantagelig
    1. (as an adverb) quite a lot
      Synonym: betydelig

Declension

Inflection of antagelig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular antagelig — —2
indefinite neuter singular antageligt — —2
plural antagelige — —2
definite attributive1 antagelige — —

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.

Etymology 2

Same as above. Compare Swedish antagligen.

Alternative forms

Adverb

antagelig

  1. probably
    Synonym: (uncommon) antageligvis

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Danish antagelig, which in Danish and Riksmål consists of antage +‎ -lig. In modern Bokmål, the verb antage is replaced with anta.

Adverb

antagelig

  1. probably
  2. acceptable

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: antakeleg

References

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