glimpflich

Reikšmė (English)

relatively mild or lenient; not as severe or serious as could have been expected under the circumstances

Synonyms

mild

nachsichtig

sanft

harmlos

friedlich

weich

locker

umschreibend

verblümt

barmherzig

glimpflich <milde>

beschönigend

euphemistisch

gelinde

indirekt

lax

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ˈɡlɪm(p)f.lɪç/

Etimologija (English)

Inherited from Vidurio Aukštosios Vokietijos: gelimpflich

Inherited from senoji Aukštosios Vokietijos: gilimphlīh

Cognate with Middle Low German: gelimplīk

Cognate with senoji anglų: ġelimplīċ

In summary

From Middle High German gelimpflich, from Old High German gilimphlīh, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Cognate with Middle Low German gelimplīk, Old English ġelimplīċ. Derived from the obsolete noun Glimpf + -lich; compare Unglimpf.