A Word A Day — wieldy

with Anu Garg

wieldy

(WEEL-dee)

adjective: Easily handled or managed.

From Old English wealdan (to rule). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wal- (to be strong) that gave us the words valiant, avail, valor, and value.

“What Lotus means, of course, is that the Exige [car] is small and wieldy; that it can out-corner a mosquito.”
Michael Booth; On Wheels: Lotus Exige S; The Independent (London, UK); Sep 3, 2006.

Although a democracy must often fight with one hand tied behind its back, it nonetheless has the upper hand. -Aharon Barak, law professor, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel (b.1936)