ýtarlegur

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• ítarlegur

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish yderlig and shares a connection with the word when spelled with an ý, compare the Swedish ytterlig (“extreme”) and Norwegian ytterlig.

Adjective

ýtarlegur (comparative ýtarlegri, superlative ýtarlegastur)

1. thorough, in-depth, elaborate, minute

   Ýtarleg skýrsla.

   An in-depth report.

Usage notes

• May be written as ítarlegur and as ýtarlegur according to Stafsetningarorðabókin (“the Book on Orthography”, 2006).

Synonyms

• (thorough): nákvæmur, rækilegur, vandlegur, gaumgæfnislegur

Related terms

• ítarlega, ýtarlega

See also

• ítarlegur
• nákvæmni
• þaulspyrja (synonym: spyrja mjög ýtarlega; to catechize, to question closely)
• vendilegur
• ónákvæmni