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单词 wieldy
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Definition of wieldy in English:

wieldy

adjectiveˈwiːldiˈwildi
  • Easily controlled or handled.

    易控制的,易处理的

    these vehicles are heavier and less wieldy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a wieldy document but considering the sheer quantity of material covered, maintains an admirable level of coherence in an objective, clear and concise manner.
    • The steering is light and wieldy for parking, and the turning circle must be nearly as tight as a black cab's.
    • But now the whole poetic achievement - Eliot's journey from chaos to a clenched, intense Christianity - is available in a slightly more wieldy form.
    • They are heavier, less wieldy and, in spite of the ads, only remotely car-like in their driving characteristics.
    • Yet each step brought not the institutionalisation of these people's forms but the cementing of minority representative forms on the pretext that such minority representative structures are much more wieldy and more manageable.
    Synonyms
    user-friendly, easy to use, handy

Origin

Late Middle English: from wield, later a back-formation from unwieldy.

Definition of wieldy in US English:

wieldy

adjectiveˈwēldēˈwildi
  • Easily controlled or handled.

    易控制的,易处理的

    the beefy Bentley is far from wieldy

    身强力壮的本特利可不好对付。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The steering is light and wieldy for parking, and the turning circle must be nearly as tight as a black cab's.
    • They are heavier, less wieldy and, in spite of the ads, only remotely car-like in their driving characteristics.
    • Yet each step brought not the institutionalisation of these people's forms but the cementing of minority representative forms on the pretext that such minority representative structures are much more wieldy and more manageable.
    • It is a wieldy document but considering the sheer quantity of material covered, maintains an admirable level of coherence in an objective, clear and concise manner.
    • But now the whole poetic achievement - Eliot's journey from chaos to a clenched, intense Christianity - is available in a slightly more wieldy form.
    Synonyms
    user-friendly, easy to use, handy

Origin

Late Middle English: from wield, later a back-formation from unwieldy.

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