veterligen

Swedish

Alternative forms

• veterligt (less common)

Adverb

veterligen (not comparable)

1. (usually preceded by a pronoun, in the objective case) as far as I/we/he/she/etc. knows

   Synonym: så vitt man vet

   Mig veterligen har detta aldrig hänt tidigare

   As far as I know, this has never happened before

Usage notes

• Usually means "as far as one knows" when used without a pronoun.
• Bit more formal-sounding compared to så vitt man vet.

References

• veterligen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• veterligen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• veterligen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)