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skaplig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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skapa +‎ -lig

Adjective

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skaplig

  1. pretty good, decent
    Hon är en skaplig violinist
    She's a decent violinist
    Stenen landade en meter från oss. Vi hade skaplig tur.
    The rock landed a meter from us. We had pretty good luck.

Usage notes

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Sometimes stronger by ironic extension, similar to the last example.

Declension

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Inflection of skaplig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular skaplig
neuter singular skapligt
plural skapliga
masculine plural2 skaplige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 skaplige
all skapliga

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.