Danish

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Etymology

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Compound of lov (law) +‎ -lig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lovlig (neuter lovligt, plural and definite singular attributive lovlige)

  1. lawful
  2. legal

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Adverb

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lovlig

  1. a little too

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Often modified by lige, e.g. Er du ikke lige lovlig hurtig på aftrækkeren? ("Aren't you just a tad too hasty?").

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lǫgligr.

Adjective

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lovlig (neuter singular lovlig, definite singular and plural lovlige)

  1. lawful
  2. legal

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Swedish

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Etymology

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lov (permission) +‎ -lig (-ly)

Adjective

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lovlig (not comparable)

  1. lawful, legal, permissible, allowable (permitted by something, often law – especially to be hunted or fished)
    lovligt byte
    fair game (in the sense of game (wildlife) that's permissible to hunt, sometimes figuratively like in English)
  2. (in negated expression, by ironic extension) that should not be allowed
    vara mer än lovligt slarvlig
    be highly ("more than permissibly") sloppy

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Inflection of lovlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular lovlig
neuter singular lovligt
plural lovliga
masculine plural2 lovlige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 lovlige
all lovliga

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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