spikrak

Swedish

spik (“completely (literally "nail")”) +‎ rak (“straight”)

spikrak (comparative spikrakare, superlative spikrakast)

completely straight, straight as an arrow (not bent or curved)
(figuratively) going straight towards some (desirable) place
en spikrak karriär
a highly successful career (going straight to the top or the like)

Inflection of spikrak
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	spikrak	spikrakare	spikrakast
Neuter singular	spikrakt	spikrakare	spikrakast
Plural	spikraka	spikrakare	spikrakast
Masculine plural³	spikrake	spikrakare	spikrakast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	spikrake	spikrakare	spikrakaste
All	spikraka	spikrakare	spikrakaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

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