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slett homograph 2

adjectiveadjektiv

at all (with a negation) · level, smooth · poor

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt slettr, i betydning ‘dårlig’ fra tysk schlecht Old Norse slettr, in the sense ‘bad’ from German schlecht

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. uten store forhøyninger eller fordypninger;
    flat (2)flat, jevn (1)even;
    glatt (1)smooth     without any great rises or hollows;
    flatflat (2), evenjevn (1);
    smoothglatt (1)
    • klatre oppover slette fjellet to climb up the smooth rock face
    • jordet var slett som et gulv the field was as level as a floor
    • hun hadde slett hår she had straight hair
  2. brukt som adverb: beintfram (3)downright, simpelthensimply · just;
    aldelescompletely · absolutely · entirely, absolutt (II, 2)absolutely;
    slettesat all     used as an adverb: downrightbeintfram (3), simplysimpelthen;
    completelyaldeles, absolutelyabsolutt (II, 2);
    at allslettes
    • det var slett ikke så ille it wasn't bad at all
  3. dårlig (2)poor, simpel (1)shoddy poordårlig (2), shoddysimpel (1)
    • gå slett kledd to go about poorly dressed
    • de har en slett moral they have low morals

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

du slette tid brukt for å uttrykke overraskelse;
du store min!good heavens! used to express surprise;
good heavens!du store min! Eng. phrasegoodness gracious!
  • du slette tid for et talent! goodness gracious, what a talent!
rett og slett simpelthen simply Eng. phraseplain and simple
  • oppgaven er rett og slett umulig å løse the task is quite simply impossible to solve