"verlig" meaning in All languages combined

See verlig on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more verlig [comparative], most verlig [superlative]
Etymology: Afrikaans Etymology templates: {{uder|en|af|-}} Afrikaans Head templates: {{en-adj}} verlig (comparative more verlig, superlative most verlig)
  1. (South Africa) politically optimistic and receptive to change Tags: South-Africa

Download JSON data for verlig meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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          "ref": "1979, J. H. P. Serfontein, Brotherhood of Power: An Exposé of the Secret Afrikaner Broederbond",
          "text": "The Hertzog Group supporters were labelled verkramp, and the Vorster supporters verlig. The fact, of course, is that the vast majority of Afrikaner Nationalists were and are verkramp, and only a small minority verlig.",
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