はかばかしい

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はかばかしい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	はかばかしい	はかばかしくない
Polite	はかばかしいです	はかばかしくないですalso はかばかしくありません
Past polite	はかばかしかったです	はかばかしくなかったですalso はかばかしくありませんでした
Past	はかばかしかった	はかばかしくなかった
Te-form	はかばかしくて	はかばかしくなくて
Adverbial	はかばかしく
Conditional	はかばかしければ	はかばかしくなければ
Tara conditional	はかばかしかったら	はかばかしくなかったら

Meanings

making good progress; going smoothly; satisfactory

usually written using kana alone

Almost always used in negative sentences to express that something is not progressing well or is unsatisfactory. The positive form is rare.

〈事こと〉〉が捗々はかばかしくない〈something〉 is not going well/making satisfactory progress
交こう渉しょうはまだ捗々はかばかしくない。
The negotiations still aren't making much progress.
捗々はかばかしい返事へんじがないto get no satisfactory reply
何なん度ど催さい促そくしても捗々はかばかしい返へん事じがない。
No matter how many times I press them, I get no satisfactory reply.
〈事こと〉〉の進展しんてんが捗々はかばかしくないprogress on 〈something〉 is unsatisfactory
事じ件けんの捜そう査さは捗々はかばかしい進しん展てんを見みせていない。
The investigation into the case has shown no satisfactory progress.

芳かんばしい
芳しい, like 捗々しい, is almost always used in negative sentences (芳しくない) to mean 'not satisfactory,' making the two very close in usage though 芳しい can also describe reputation or smell.
順じゅん調ちょうN3
順調 describes things going smoothly and is normally used affirmatively (順調だ), unlike 捗々しい which is almost always negated.

華はな々ばなしいN1
華々しい (brilliant, glorious) and 捗々しい (making good progress) look alike as reduplicated しい-adjectives but have unrelated meanings.
甚はなはだしいN2
甚だしい (extreme, excessive) is easily confused with 捗々しい due to their similar length and しい ending, but the meanings are unrelated.

はかばかしいUsage91%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms are rare or search-only.
捗々はかばかしいUsage9%
Rare kanji form; not commonly used.
果々はかばかしい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Derived from the root はか (progress) with reduplication and the adjectival suffix しい. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.