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Hear it

adjective
  1. across, perpendicular to the main direction
  2. figurativelyopposite
  3. sharp, abruptof a change of direction
  4. sudden, abrupt
  5. figurativelygrumpy, stubbornof a person who gives short, sharp answers, having "lodged themselves sideways"
  6. slang, as an ad-hoc prefixAn intensifier.

Forms

adjective

indefinite positivetvär
indefinite neuter positive singulartvärt
indefinite plural positivetvära
archaic indefinite masculine plural positivetväre
definite masculine positive singulartväre
definite positivetvära

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