medgörlig

Swedish

Etymology

From göra med +‎ -lig.

Adjective

medgörlig (comparative medgörligare, superlative medgörligast)

  1. willing to go along with what someone wants; accommodating, compliant, tractable, cooperative
    Antonym: omedgörlig
    Han blev mer medgörlig när de hotade honom med tortyrkammaren
    He became more accommodating when they threatened him with the torture chamber

Declension

Inflection of medgörlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular medgörlig medgörligare medgörligast
neuter singular medgörligt medgörligare medgörligast
plural medgörliga medgörligare medgörligast
masculine plural2 medgörlige medgörligare medgörligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 medgörlige medgörligare medgörligaste
all medgörliga medgörligare medgörligaste

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.

References

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