höggradig

Swedish

Etymology

hög (“high”) +‎ grad (“degree”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

höggradig (comparative höggradigare, superlative höggradigast)

of a high degree; high, heavy, severe, etc.
höggradig stenos
severe stenosis [common in medical jargon]
1. (as an adverb) to a high degree; highly, heavily, severely, etc.
  höggradigt berusad
  highly [high-degree-ly] intoxicated
  
  höggradigt gravid
  heavily pregnant [can also be expressed as höggravid]
  
  vara höggradigt förbannad / förvånad / kränkt / etc.
  be highly [high-degree-ly] pissed off / surprised / offended / etc. [often somewhat jocular formality when of emotions and the like]

Declension

Inflection of **höggradig**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	höggradig	höggradigare	höggradigast
neuter singular	höggradigt	höggradigare	höggradigast
plural	höggradiga	höggradigare	höggradigast
masculine plural²	höggradige	höggradigare	höggradigast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	höggradige	höggradigare	höggradigaste
all	höggradiga	höggradigare	höggradigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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