hårdhänt

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Swedish

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Etymology

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hård (hard) +‎ -hänt (-handed)

Adjective

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hårdhänt (comparative hårdhäntare, superlative hårdhäntast)

  1. rough (as opposed to mild), (sometimes by implication) heavy-handed
    Var inte polisen lite väl hårdhänt mot den där snubben? Han verkade ju inte göra motstånd.
    Weren't the police a bit rough with that guy? I mean, he didn't seem to be resisting.

Declension

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Inflection of hårdhänt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hårdhänt hårdhäntare hårdhäntast
Neuter singular hårdhänt hårdhäntare hårdhäntast
Plural hårdhänta hårdhäntare hårdhäntast
Masculine plural3 hårdhänte hårdhäntare hårdhäntast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hårdhänte hårdhäntare hårdhäntaste
All hårdhänta hårdhäntare hårdhäntaste
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

Adverb

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hårdhänt (comparative hårdhäntare, superlative hårdhäntast)

  1. roughly (as opposed to mildly), (sometimes by implication) in a heavy-handed manner
    Brottas inte så hårdhänt med nybörjarbrottarna
    Don't wrestle so rough with the beginner wrestlers
    Kunde inte upproret tryckts ner mindre hårdhänt?
    Couldn't the uprising have been suppressed in a less heavy-handed manner?

Usage notes

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Physically rough is the immediate intuition, with other senses as an extension.

References

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