saklig

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sak +‎ -lig.

Adjective

saklig (neuter singular saklig, definite singular and plural saklige)

  1. factual
  2. objective
  3. matter-of-fact
  4. unprejudiced, impartial
  5. just, fair, unbiased
  6. businesslike
  7. (as an adverb) objectively, impartially, factually, matter-of-factly

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Swedish

Etymology

From sak (“thing”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”). Compare Danish saglig, Norwegian saklig, German sachlich, sächlich.

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Adjective

saklig (comparative sakligare, superlative sakligast)

  1. dealing with things as they are (without agenda or expressed bias or the like); objective, unbiased, just, matter-of-fact, factual, etc.
    Antonym: osaklig
    Bra journalister klarar av att vara sakliga
    Good journalists manage to be objective
    saklig information
    factual information
    saklig kritik
    objective criticism

Usage notes

Keeping to the thing (sak) at hand, as it is, intuitively.

Declension

Inflection of saklig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular saklig sakligare sakligast
neuter singular sakligt sakligare sakligast
plural sakliga sakligare sakligast
masculine plural2 saklige sakligare sakligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 saklige sakligare sakligaste
all sakliga sakligare sakligaste

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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