ett vis

vis as an adjective

vis in a sentence

• på liknande vis
  in a similar way
• på skånskt vis
  in the Scanian way (manner, fashion, style)
• Det fungerade inte, så vi får göra på något annat vis
  It didn't work, so we'll have to do it some other way
• Hon gör det på sitt eget lilla vis
  She does it in her own little way
• Det ska inte gå att göra mål på det viset
  It should be impossible to score like that [in that way]
• disco på finskt vis
  disco the Finnish way
• ... på så vis att ...
  ... in such wise that ... [archaic English – "... in such a way that ..."]
• vis av skadan
  once bitten, twice shy
• en vis man
  a wise man
• gammal och vis
  old and wise

Expressions

• på så vis
  so that's the way it is!
• på sätt och vis (har du rätt)
  in a way (sense) (you are right)

Questions

Similar words

smartintelligentklokinsiktsfull

Origin

From Old Norse víss, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos (“knowledgeable”).

Nearby common words

vis is number 1,212 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 1,208tak roof, ceiling
• 1,209dött died
• 1,210strid fight
• 1,211program programme, program (US)
• 1,213pågå be going on
• 1,214låda box
• 1,215uppgift information, task
• 1,216finger finger