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wieldy

/ˈwildi/
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Definitions of wieldy
  1. adjective
    easy to handle or use or manage
    “a large but wieldy book”
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    antonyms:
    unwieldy
    difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
    awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly
    difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
    cumbersome, cumbrous
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
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