Handlesome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Typified by, or requiring handling; (by extension) difficult to manage rare
"River navigation is a different thing to steering a motor-car on solid dry land. But a thirty horse-power launch, doing thirteen miles an hour, is a handlesome craft, and we soon left behind us."
Example
More examples"River navigation is a different thing to steering a motor-car on solid dry land. But a thirty horse-power launch, doing thirteen miles an hour, is a handlesome craft, and we soon left behind us."
Etymology
From handle + -some.
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