omständlig

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === omständig (sometimes proscribed) === Etymology === From German umständlich. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ɔmˌstɛndlɪ(ɡ)/ === Adjective === omständlig (comparative omständligare, superlative omständligast) not simple, brief, and straightforward; tedious, cumbersome, laborious, lengthy, complex, etc. ==== Usage notes ==== A more common, sometimes proscribed variant is omständig, which might have arisen by analogy with other words ending in -ständig, e.g. självständig. Compare also omständighet (“circumstance”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== omständlighet === References === omständlig in Svensk ordbok (SO) omständlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) omständlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)