fintlig

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, fint +‎ -lig.

Adjective

fintlig (comparative mer fintlig, superlative mest fintlig)

1. (dated) clever, crafty

Declension

Inflection of fintlig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	fintlig	mer fintlig	mest fintlig
Neuter singular	fintligt	mer fintligt	mest fintligt
Plural	fintliga	mer fintliga	mest fintliga
Masculine plural3	fintlige	mer fintliga	mest fintliga
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	fintlige	mer fintlige	mest fintlige
All	fintliga	mer fintliga	mest fintliga
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• fintlighet

Further reading

• fintlig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker