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knagglig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From knagg (cognate with English knag) +‎ -lig (-ly), "knagly." Compare English knaggy.

Adjective

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knagglig (comparative knaggligare, superlative knaggligast)

  1. uneven and bumpy, rough
    Isen var knagglig
    The ice was bumpy/rough
    en knagglig betongvägg
    a rough concrete wall
  2. (figuratively) not smooth; labored, (of language) broken
    tala knagglig engelska
    speak broken / not great ("bumpy") English

Declension

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Inflection of knagglig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular knagglig knaggligare knaggligast
neuter singular knaggligt knaggligare knaggligast
plural knaggliga knaggligare knaggligast
masculine plural2 knagglige knaggligare knaggligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 knagglige knaggligare knaggligaste
all knaggliga knaggligare knaggligaste

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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