finurlig

Swedish

Blend of fin +‎ naturlig.

finurlig (comparative finurligare, superlative finurligast)

(of a person) inclined to come up with fairly nifty solutions to (practical) problems; clever, resourceful, shrewd
clever, nifty, shrewd
en finurlig man med många finurliga lösningar
a shrewd man with many nifty solutions

finurlig humor
shrewd humor

Sometimes has undertones of being a bit quirky, though not necessarily in a negative way.

Inflection of finurlig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	finurlig	finurligare	finurligast
Neuter singular	finurligt	finurligare	finurligast
Plural	finurliga	finurligare	finurligast
Masculine plural³	finurlige	finurligare	finurligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	finurlige	finurligare	finurligaste
All	finurliga	finurligare	finurligaste
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

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