Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish warlic, from Old Norse varligr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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varlig

  1. (archaic) careful, cautious, aware.

Inflection

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Inflection of varlig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular varlig varligere varligest2
Indefinite neuter singular varligt varligere varligest2
Plural varlige varligere varligest2
Definite attributive1 varlige varligere varligeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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varlig

  1. careful, cautious

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish varliker, from var (aware, attentive), same word as the ware in English aware, + -liker (-ly).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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varlig (comparative varligare, superlative varligast)

  1. (somewhat dated) careful, cautious
    Synonym: försiktig
    Han är inte farlig, bara man är varlig. Men man kan dock, men man kan dock honom aldrig tro.
    He is not dangerous, as long as you are careful. But you can however, but you can however, never believe him. (from the children's song Björnen sover)

Declension

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Inflection of varlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular varlig varligare varligast
Neuter singular varligt varligare varligast
Plural varliga varligare varligast
Masculine plural3 varlige varligare varligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 varlige varligare varligaste
All varliga varligare varligaste
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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