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Definition: Wieldy |
WieldyAdjective1. Easy to handle or use or manage; "a large but wieldy book". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Wieldy \Wield"y\, adjective. Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy.. (references) |
Synonym: WieldySynonym: manageable (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unwieldy (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Facility | Manageable, wieldy; towardly, tractable; submissive; yielding, ductile; suant; pliant; (soft); glib, slippery; smooth; on friction wheels, on velvet. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Wieldy |
| English words defined with "wieldy": manageable. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "wieldy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i bindur (biddable, certain, cocksure, committed, compliant, convinced, dedicated, docile, ductile, manageable, obedient, sequacious, submissive, well-behaved). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | владеещ (proficient). (various references) | |
Greek | ευχείριστοσ (easy to handle, manageable), ευάγωγοσ (governable, tractable). (various references) | |
Hungarian | könnyen forgatható, kézhez álló, jól kezelhetõ, jól kezelhető, jól forgatható. (various references) | |
Italian | maneggevole (handy, manageable, maneuverable, manoeuvrable). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ieldyway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | habilidoso (artful, corndodger, dexterous, dextrous, dodger, handy, hoe-cake, ingenious, knacky, skilful, skillful, slick, tactical), destro com as mãos, conveniente (advisable, appropriate, becoming, beseeming, congenial, congruous, convenient, due, fitting, friendly, handy, of use, opportune, proper, propitious, rightdown, seasonable, seemly, suitable, timely, well-timed), capaz (able, adequate, capable, cunning, efficient, forcible, habile, handy, of use, sufficient, suitable, useful). (various references) | |
Russian | легко управляемый (handy, wieldly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | spretan (adroit, deft, dexterous, habile, handy, neat-handed, nimble, skilled). (various references) | |
Swedish | lätthanterlig (tractable), händig (adroit, deft, dexterous, dextrous, handy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | dễ dùng (manageable, tractable), dễ cầm. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "wieldy": unwieldy. (additional references) | |
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"Wieldy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nwieldy, wielde, wieley, wildi, wouldny. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dewily, widely. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-w-y" | |
-1 letter: wield, wiled, wyled, yield. | |
-2 letters: deil, deli, dewy, diel, idle, idly, idyl, lewd, lied, lwei, weld, wide, wild, wile, wily, wyle, yeld. | |
-3 letters: del, dew, dey, die, dye, eld, led, lei, ley, lid, lie, lye, wed, wye, yew, yid. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, el, id, li, we, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-w-y" | |
+1 letter: mildewy, weedily, weirdly. | |
+2 letters: slideway, unwieldy, wickedly, wingedly. | |
+3 letters: midweekly, slideways, worriedly. | |
+4 letters: unwieldily, windlessly. | |
+5 letters: rewardingly, unweariedly. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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