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单词 wieldly
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wieldlyadj.

Brit. /ˈwiːldli/, U.S. /ˈwildli/
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: wield v., -ly suffix1; wieldy adj., -ly suffix1.
Etymology: Either (i) < wield v. + -ly suffix1, or (ii) an alteration of wieldy adj., after -ly suffix1. Compare earlier unwieldly adj.
Easily handled, controlled, or used; manageable; = wieldy adj. 2.Some examples may represent a typographical error for wieldy adj.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy
heavyc1000
unlightc1330
sada1375
chargeousa1382
lumpinga1400
ponderousa1400
weighingc1400
poisant1477
peisant1483
wieldlya1500
weighty1500
peiseda1522
burdenous1529
weightful1530
grave1570
leaden1578
plumbeousa1586
wieldy1592
peisy1599
well-weighing?1615
lead-like1816
hefty1867
a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (BL Add.) (1912) l. 3876 (MED) Abowte hys necke henge a schylde So bryȝthte off style thatt alle the fylde Was Elumyed of the bryȝthnysse; Ther-to hytte was weldely.
1826 J. Emerson Whelpley's Compend Hist. (ed. 9) I. i. 14 To give energy and system to any combination, to render it durable, wieldly[earlier and later eds. wieldy] and effective, there must be a directing head.
1873 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 11 July 8/4 The more wieldly class of machinery could not be put to a more complete test.
2001 D. Cantone et al. Set Theory for Computing i. 6 Such an enterprise can only be managed effectively if suitable constructs ensuring ‘modularity’, which means the possibility to subdivide a long argument into wieldly chunks, are available.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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