as is my custom to point out parts of speech that we only use in the contrary, today submit: wieldy.

when something is cumbersome or not easily manipulated, we call it “unwieldy” but so rarely so we find an object to be “wieldy.”

i thought about that this morning, since i’m done with one of my classes that required an enormous textbook. i would previously carry said textbook with me to work in the futile hope of reading it on the bus or train.

today, sans textbook, i found my backpack to be quite wieldy.

Posted on June 11th, 2007 by mike
Filed under: lexicon