rimlig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]rim + -lig. Note that the verb rimma is not only used in the literal sense "to rhyme" but also in the figurative sense "to fit".
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]rimlig (comparative rimligare, superlative rimligast)
- reasonable, fair (that can reasonably be believed or justified)
- Det låter som en rimlig förklaring
- That sounds like a reasonable explanation
- Jag tycker det är rimligt att han fick gå efter skandalen
- I think it's reasonable that he was let go after the scandal
- Att sälja aktierna var nog ett rimligt beslut
- Selling the shares was probably a reasonable decision
- en rimlig gissning
- a fair guess
- reasonable, fair (within reasonable limits)
- God mat till ett rimligt pris
- Good food at a reasonable price
- inom rimliga gränser
- within reasonable limits
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of rimlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | rimlig | rimligare | rimligast |
| Neuter singular | rimligt | rimligare | rimligast |
| Plural | rimliga | rimligare | rimligast |
| Masculine plural3 | rimlige | rimligare | rimligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | rimlige | rimligare | rimligaste |
| All | rimliga | rimligare | rimligaste |
| 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 | |||