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Meaning of anselig | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
[anˈseˀli]

Definitions

sizable, of some size

Equivalents

Български величествен
Deutsch stattlich
English Stately
Esperanto majesta
Français imposant
Gaeilge státúil
Italiano prestante
Nederlands statig
Português imponente majestoso
Svenska statlig

Examples

“Men desuden en anselig sum, som var bestemt til jarlen.”

But furthermore a sizable sum of money, which was intended for the earl.

“Det er en ældgammel og anselig Stad i Mesopotamien (Dschczira), som ellers hos græske Skribenter kaldes Charræ.”

It is an ancient and sizable city in Mesopotamia (Dschczira), which is otherwise called Charræ by Greek authours.

“Hvor er din høvding? spørger Porta inkvisitorisk en overfed Unteroffizier, der sidder på en taburet og bider af en anselig leverpølse, så fedtet løber ham ned over halsen.”

Where is your chief?, Porta asks an obese Unteroffizier inquisitorially, who sits on a stool, biting from a sizable liver sausage, such that the grease flows down his neck.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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