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eventyrlig

eventyrlig

Danish

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Adjective

eventyrlig (neuter eventyrligt, e-form eventyrlige, comparative eventyrligere, superlative (predicative) eventyrligst, superlative (attributive) eventyrligste)

  1. in the manner of fairy tales, magical and whimsical
    • 2015, Henrik Pontoppidan, Sandinge Menighed: og andre Noveller og Skitser, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702181357)
      De gjorde sig de eventyrligste Forestillinger om, hvad disse bestandig omtalte Gendarmer egentlig var for Væsner, og hvad der vilde ske, naar de endelig ankom.
      They made for themselves the most fanciful conceptions of what sort of creatures these constantly discussed gensdarmes actually were, and what would happen when they finally arrived.
    • 2015, Jens Baggesen, Labyrinten, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702107852)
      Hvad er skiønnere, naturligere, eventyrligere, meere fortryllende end en Serenade?
      What is more beautiful, more natural, more magical, more enchanting than a serenade?