måttfull

Swedish

Etymology

From mått +‎ -full or måtta +‎ -full. Attested since 1857.

Adjective

måttfull (comparative måttfullare, superlative måttfullast)

  1. measured, moderate, restrained, sober, temperate
    • 1931, Frans G. Bengtsson, “Ulysses S. Grant”, in Silversköldarna och andra essayer‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 21 March 2025, page 130:
      [Grant] lugnade ställets invånare med en måttfull och i allo vällyckad proklamation.
      Grant calmed the inhabitants of the place with a measured and altogether successful proclamation.
    • 2001 March 14, Torben K. Nielsen, “Kyrkans långa strid om celibatet”, in Populär Historia‎[2], archived from the original on 19 August 2024:
      En god människa måste enligt Augustinus leva ett [...] måttfullt liv i en evig kamp mot [...] synden.
      A good person, according to Augustine, must live a moderate life in an eternal struggle against sin.

Declension

Inflection of måttfull
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular måttfull måttfullare måttfullast
neuter singular måttfullt måttfullare måttfullast
plural måttfulla måttfullare måttfullast
masculine plural2 måttfulle måttfullare måttfullast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 måttfulle måttfullare måttfullaste
all måttfulla måttfullare måttfullaste

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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