Danish edit

Etymology edit

Compound of lov (law) +‎ -lig,

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

lovlig (neuter lovligt, plural and definite singular attributive lovlige)

  1. lawful
  2. legal

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Adverb edit

lovlig

  1. a little too

Usage notes edit

Often modified by lige, e.g. Er du ikke lige lovlig hurtig på aftrækkeren? ("Aren't you just a tad too hasty?").

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse lǫgligr.

Adjective edit

lovlig (neuter singular lovlig, definite singular and plural lovlige)

  1. lawful
  2. legal

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

lov (permission) +‎ -lig (-ly)

Adjective edit

lovlig (not comparable)

  1. lawful, legal, permissible, allowable (permitted by something, often law – especially to be hunted or fished)
    lovligt byte
    fair game (in the sense of game (wildlife) that's permissible to hunt, sometimes figuratively like in English)
  2. (in negated expression, by ironic extension) that should not be allowed
    vara mer än lovligt slarvlig
    be highly ("more than permissibly") sloppy

Declension edit

Inflection of lovlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lovlig
Neuter singular lovligt
Plural lovliga
Masculine plural3 lovlige
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lovlige
All lovliga
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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