skikkelig

Danish

Etymology

From skikke +‎ -lig.

Adjective

skikkelig (neuter skikkeligt, plural and definite singular attributive skikkelige)

  1. (archaic) decent, proper, respectable, well-mannered
    Synonyms: anstændig, ordentlig
    1. (by extension) peaceful, docile, friendly (humans or animals)
      Synonyms: godmodig, rar
  2. (archaic) reasonable, sensible (price, quality etc.)

Declension

Inflection of skikkelig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular skikkelig skikkeligere skikkeligst2
indefinite neuter singular skikkeligt skikkeligere skikkeligst2
plural skikkelige skikkeligere skikkeligst2
definite attributive1 skikkelige skikkeligere skikkeligste

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.

Derived terms

  • skikkelighed

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

skikkelig (neuter singular skikkelig, definite singular and plural skikkelige)

  1. decent, respectable

Adverb

skikkelig

  1. decently, respectably

See also

References

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