innerlig

Swedish

Adjective

innerlig (comparative innerligare, superlative innerligast)

  1. heartfelt (deeply felt)
    innerlig glädje
    heartfelt joy
    en innerlig önskan
    a heartfelt wish
    Det är min innerligaste önskan att allt ska gå bra för dom
    It is my most heartfelt wish that everything goes well for them
  2. A generic intensifier.
    Jag hoppas innerligt att han gjort det vi bad honom göra
    I sincerely hope he did what we asked him to do (could also be considered to belong to the sense above)
    De spelar så innerligt bra
    They're playing so amazingly well

Declension

Inflection of innerlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular innerlig innerligare innerligast
neuter singular innerligt innerligare innerligast
plural innerliga innerligare innerligast
masculine plural2 innerlige innerligare innerligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 innerlige innerligare innerligaste
all innerliga innerligare innerligaste

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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