Tarkentavissa

Tarkentavissa is a Finnish participial adjective derived from the verb tarkentaa, meaning to clarify or specify. It denotes something that can be clarified or is open to further specification, such as a term, description, or instruction that has not yet been defined in full.

In technical, legal, and academic Finnish, tarkentavissa is used in attributive phrases to signal that a statement or element may require additional elaboration. It helps convey cautious or provisional wording, for example in proposals, standards, or policy documents where precision may be refined during review.

Morphology and usage: the form combines the sense of potential clarification with an adjectival role and can modify a noun directly (tarkentavissa oleva määritelmä) or appear in phrases that function similarly to a relative clause. It is more common in written Finnish than in casual speech and is typical of formal documentation, guidelines, and analytical writing.

Examples:

- Tarkentavissa oleva määritelmä on esitetty liitteessä. (The definition that can be clarified is presented in the appendix.)

- Tarkentavissa oleva ohjeistus auttaa välttämään tulkintaerimielisyyksiä. (The clarifiable guidance helps avoid interpretive disagreements.)

- Tarkentavissa oleva tavoite viittaa siihen, että tavoitteet voivat muuttua myöhemmin. (The clarifiable objective indicates that goals may change later.)

See also: tarkentaa, tarkentaminen, määritelmä, selite, terminologia. Notes: tarkentavissa is primarily a formal, written-language feature and is not a standalone common everyday term; its use highlights the need for further specification in the surrounding context.