Icelandic

Alternative forms

• ýtarlegur

Adjective

ítarlegur ‎(comparative ítarlegri, superlative ítarlegastur)

1. detailed, thorough, in-depth, elaborate, minute ^syn.[2]
2. (dated) fine, glorious, quite good, splendid, marvelous (confer ýtarlegur) ^syn.

   Ítarlegur hilmir. (poetic)

   A lordly king.

Usage notes

• May be written as ítarlegur and as ýtarlegur according to Stafsetningarorðabókin (“the Book on Orthography”, 2006).^[1]

Synonyms

• (thorough): ^def. nákvæmur, rækilegur, vandlegur, gaumgæfnislegur
• (fine, glorious): ^def. fagur, dýrlegur, ágætur

Related terms

• ítarlega, ýtarlega

Derived terms

See also

• nákvæmni
• þaulspyrja (synonym: spyrja mjög ýtarlega; to catechize, to question closely)
• vendilegur
• ónákvæmni
• ýtarlegur

References

1. 1 2 Icelandic Web of Science: Hvort á að skrifa í eða ý í í/ýtarlega, í/ýtarlegur, til hins í/ýtrasta? (“Should I spell í/ýtarlega, í/ýtarlegur and til hins í/ýtrasta with an í or an ý?”)
2. ↑ ítarlegur