hellre än bra in All languages combined

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Etymology: From hellre (“rather”) + än (“than”) + bra (“well”), as in rather doing than being good at. Deliberately ungrammatical in Swedish as well. Etymology templates: {{af|sv|hellre|än|bra|t1=rather|t2=than|t3=well}} hellre (“rather”) + än (“than”) + bra (“well”) Head templates: {{head|sv|adverb|head=|sort=}} hellre än bra, {{sv-adv|-}} hellre än bra (not comparable)

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          "english": "I sing rather than well",
          "text": "Jag sjunger hellre än bra",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with pleasure, but without much skill"
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        "(humorous) with pleasure, but without much skill"
      ],
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        "humorous",
        "not-comparable"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "hellre än bra"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "hellre",
        "3": "än",
        "4": "bra",
        "t1": "rather",
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      },
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    }
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    }
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        {
          "english": "I sing rather than well",
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        "with pleasure, but without much skill"
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        "(humorous) with pleasure, but without much skill"
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"hellre än bra" meaning in All languages combined

Adverb [Swedish]