eriasteisiin

Eriasteisiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective eriasteinen, meaning “to varying degrees” or “to different extents.” It is used mainly in formal, written Finnish to indicate that a characteristic, effect, or situation varies across a defined set or scope. The illative form typically appears in noun phrases where a category or range is being referred to, such as eriasteisiin liittyviä kysymyksiä, eriasteisiin liittyviä riskejä, or eriasteisiin liittyvää tutkimusta.

The expression is most common in academic, policy, or technical writing. In everyday language, speakers more often use the adverb eriasteisesti to convey the idea of variation in degree, or they describe the variation with other constructions (for example, eriasteisia vaikutuksia or vaikutukset eri tavoin). Eriasteisiin functions as a grammatical tool to link a discussion to a multi-level or gradated set, rather than as a stand-alone adverb.

Usage notes:

- Use eriasteisiin when the sentence structure requires a case-marked complement that denotes a category or continuum with varying levels.

- It frequently occurs with nouns such as kysymyksiä (questions), riskejä (risks), or tutkimusta (research) in contexts assessing gradations of relevance, impact, or severity.

Example sentences:

- Tutkimus kartoitti eriasteisiin liittyviä kysymyksiä. (The study mapped questions related to varying degrees.)

- Hankkeessa on huomioitavia eriasteisiin liittyviä riskejä. (There are risks related to varying degrees to be considered.)

- Säädökset käsittelevät eriasteisiin liittyviä kysymyksiä. (The regulations address questions related to varying degrees.)

Etymology: derived from eriasteinen plus the illative suffix -iin. See also eriasteinen and eriasteisesti for related forms.