tämligen

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German temmelîken. Cognate of German ziemlich, Dutch tamelijk, Danish temmelig. By surface analysis, tämlig (“passable”) +‎ -en (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

tämligen (not comparable)

  1. rather, quite
    en tämligen svår fråga
    a rather difficult question

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