musiikillisessä

Musiikillisessä is Finnish adjective form meaning “in the musical sense” or “in a musical context.” It is the inessive singular form of the adjective musiikillinen, which means musically related or pertaining to music. The construction combines the noun musiikki (music) with the common adjective suffix -llinen to form musiikillinen, and the inessive ending -ssa/-ssä yields musiikillisessa for the singular.

Usage and meaning: musiikillisessa is used to indicate that a statement or analysis concerns music-specific aspects rather than non-musical ones. It is common in formal or analytical writing, such as musicology, criticism, and theoretical discussion. Example phrases include musiikillisessa mielessä (in the musical sense), musiikillisessa kontekstissa (in a musical context), and musiikillisessa merkityksessä (in musical terms).

Relationship to related forms: the adverb corresponding to musically is musiikillisesti, meaning “musically” or “in a musical manner.” The base adjective musiikillinen simply means “musical.” Finnish uses distinct inflected forms for adjectives to convey case and number, so musiikillisessa is one specialized form among several.

Notes: musiikillisessa tends to appear in written Finnish and is less common in everyday speech, where simpler phrases like “musikaalisesti” or “musiikkiin liittyen” might be used. It serves to connect discourse to music-specific aspects, contrasts, for instance, with broader or non-musical interpretations.

See also: musiikki, musiikillinen, musiikillisesti.