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klädsam

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Swedish

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Etymology

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kläda (dress) +‎ -sam (-some)

Adjective

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klädsam (comparative klädsammare, superlative klädsammast)

  1. becoming (of clothes, or more generally in a figurative sense)
    klädsam ödmjukhet
    becoming modesty
    Det vore klädsamt att be om ursäkt
    It would be becoming to apologize / An apology is in order here

Declension

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Inflection of klädsam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular klädsam klädsammare klädsammast
neuter singular klädsamt klädsammare klädsammast
plural klädsamma klädsammare klädsammast
masculine plural2 klädsamme klädsammare klädsammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 klädsamme klädsammare klädsammaste
all klädsamma klädsammare klädsammaste

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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