Swedish

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Etymology

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Blend of fin +‎ naturlig.

Adjective

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finurlig (comparative finurligare, superlative finurligast)

  1. (of a person) inclined to come up with fairly nifty solutions to (practical) problems; clever, resourceful, shrewd
  2. clever, nifty, shrewd
    en finurlig man med många finurliga lösningar
    a shrewd man with many nifty solutions
    finurlig humor
    shrewd humor

Usage notes

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Sometimes has undertones of being a bit quirky, though not necessarily in a negative way.

Declension

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Inflection of finurlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular finurlig finurligare finurligast
Neuter singular finurligt finurligare finurligast
Plural finurliga finurligare finurligast
Masculine plural3 finurlige finurligare finurligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 finurlige finurligare finurligaste
All finurliga finurligare finurligaste
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

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