saklig

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From sak +‎ -lig.

Adjective

saklig (neuter singular saklig, definite singular and plural saklige)

  1. factual
  2. objective
  3. matter-of-fact
  4. unprejudiced, impartial
  5. just, fair, unbiased
  6. businesslike
  7. (as an adverb) objectively, impartially, factually, matter-of-factly

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Swedish

Etymology

From sak (“thing”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”) (intuitively "keeping to the thing at hand.") Compare Danish saglig, Norwegian saklig, German sachlich, sächlich.

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Adjective

saklig (comparative sakligare, superlative sakligast)

  1. dealing with things as they are (or attempting to), without bias or agenda; objective, unbiased, just, matter-of-fact, factual

Declension
Inflection of saklig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular saklig sakligare sakligast
Neuter singular sakligt sakligare sakligast
Plural sakliga sakligare sakligast
Masculine plural3 saklige sakligare sakligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 saklige sakligare sakligaste
All sakliga sakligare sakligaste
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

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