smörig

Swedish

Etymology

From smör (“butter”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

smörig (comparative smörigare, superlative smörigast)

  1. (taste, smell) buttery
  2. (colloquial) gooey, cheesy ((overly) sentimental, especially romantically)
    en smörig kärleksballad
    a gooey love ballad
    en smörig smörsångare
    a cheesy crooner
  3. (colloquial) buttery (ingratiating – compare smöra)

Declension

Inflection of smörig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular smörig smörigare smörigast
neuter singular smörigt smörigare smörigast
plural smöriga smörigare smörigast
masculine plural2 smörige smörigare smörigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 smörige smörigare smörigaste
all smöriga smörigare smörigaste

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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