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Wieldy

Definition: Wieldy

Wieldy

Adjective

1. 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: Wieldy

Synonym: manageable (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: unwieldy (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Wieldy

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Wieldy

English words defined with "wieldy": manageable. (references)

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Modern Translation: Wieldy

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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Wieldy

Derivations

Words ending with "wieldy": unwieldy. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Anagrams: Wieldy

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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