explosionsartad

Swedish

Etymology

explosion (“explosion”) +‎ -s- +‎ -artad (“-like”)

Adjective

explosionsartad (not comparable)

  1. like an explosion, explosive
    en explosionsartad ökning
    an explosive increase

Usage notes

Explosiv could be considered a synonym, but is often less idiomatic for developments and the like (unless the implication is "volatile" or the like).

Declension

Inflection of explosionsartad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular explosionsartad — —
neuter singular explosionsartat — —
plural explosionsartade — —
masculine plural2 explosionsartade — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 explosionsartade — —
all explosionsartade — —

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.

References

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