Spesifisemmillä

Spesifisemmillä is a Finnish inflected form of the comparative adjective spesifisempi, meaning more specific. It is used with plural nouns in the adessive case and translates roughly as “with more specific …” or “on more specific …” depending on the context.

The form arises from the borrowed word spesifi (specific) and its comparative, spesifisempi. When the comparative is inflected for number and case, the adessive plural ending -illä is added, producing spesifisemmillä. The double m in the form results from the combination of the stem ending in -mm- when the comparative suffix and the adessive plural suffix are applied. This kind of doubling is a regular pattern in Finnish when certain consonant clusters are present.

In Finnish grammar, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case. Spesifisemmillä therefore appears with plural nouns in the adessive case, such as tiedoilla (with data), kriteereillä (with criteria), or ohjeilla (with guidelines). Examples include: “Päätöksen perusteet ovat spesifisemmillä kriteereillä.” and “Raportin kuvaus voidaan esittää spesifisemmillä tiedoilla.” The expression emphasizes a higher level of specificity.

Usage and nuance: spesifisemmillä is common in technical, scientific, and policy contexts where comparisons of specificity are relevant. It contrasts with spesifi (specific) and spesifisempi (more specific), and it fits naturally in phrases that describe requirements, descriptions, or data quality. As with other borrowed terms, it remains more frequent in formal or specialized registers than in everyday speech.

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