bokstavlig

Swedish

Etymology

bokstav + -lig

Adjective

bokstavlig

  1. literal, true, veritable (not figurative, allegorical, or the like)
    Antonym: bildlig
    bokstavligt talat
    literally speaking
  2. literal (exactly matching or corresponding to the original word(s) (of for example a translation))
    Synonym: ordagrann

Declension

Inflection of bokstavlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bokstavlig
Neuter singular bokstavligt
Plural bokstavliga
Masculine plural3 bokstavlige
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bokstavlige
All bokstavliga
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

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