skäligen

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

skälig +‎ -en

Adverb

skäligen (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly law) reasonably (with good reason)
    skäligen misstänkt
    reasonably suspected
    som inte skäligen bör tålas
    that ought not reasonably be tolerated
    • 1761 May 23, Guſtaf Paͤderſon, “Foͤljande aͤr inſaͤndt: Swar om Braͤnwins Tilwaͤrkning [Communicated as follows: An Answer concerning the Making of Brandy]”, in Stockholms Wekoblad, number 21 (letter to the editor), page 1:
      […] ; eller om Min Herre kunde foͤrmå Publicum at et wiſt pris blefwe all Swenſk ſaͤd ſkaͤligen åſatt, at enaͤr landtman på torget ſådant ej kan åtniuta, han då derfoͤre af publique medel genaſt foͤrnoͤgdes, […]
      […] ; or if Sir might prevail upon the Publick, that a certain price were justly set upon all Swedish grain, so that when the husbandman in the market cannot obtain the same, he should then thereupon be forthwith satisfied out of the publick purse, […]
    • 2025 May 12, John Granlund, Hedvig Eriksson, Ruben Grive, “Svensk diplomat anhållen misstänkt för spioneri”, in SVT Nyheter‎[1], archived from the original on 13 May 2025:
      Inom ramen för Säkerhetspolisens förundersökning har det vidtagits ett antal åtgärder, bland annat har en person anhållits som är skäligen misstänkt för spioneri.
      As part of the Security Service’s preliminary investigation, a number of measures have been taken, including the arrest of a person who is reasonably suspected of espionage.
  2. fairly, rather
    en skäligen enkel uppgift
    a fairly simple task

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