atskillig, adskillig

adjectiveadjektiv

quite a lot of, a fair amount of · quite a few, a good many · considerably

trolig fra dansk adskillig; jamfør norrønt atskiljanligr ‘ulik’ probably from Danish adskillig; compare Old Norse atskiljanligr ‘different’

i entall, ofte som substantiv: (ganske) mye, ikke så lite in the singular, often as a noun: (quite) a lot, not a little
- det var atskillig å utsette på planen there was quite a lot to criticise about the plan
- han hadde atskillig penger he had a fair amount of money
som adverb: used as an adverb:
- atskillig bedre, større considerably better, bigger
i flertall, ofte som substantiv: (ganske) mange, ikke så få in the plural, often as a noun: (quite) a good many, not a few
- atskillige mener det quite a few people think so
- atskillige av de tilstedeværende several of those present
- hun hadde atskillige bøker she had a good many books