handledygtig

Danish

Etymology

handle (“act”) +‎ -dygtig (“-capable”)

Adjective

handledygtig

1. capable of action, ready to act
   • 1882, Richard Kaufmann, Fra Det Moderne Frankrig, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:

     Men det er ogsaa i Kraft af denne lette, lyse, frejdige Optimisme, at de saa omtrent er det handledygtigste Folk i Verden.

     But it is also through this light, bright, careless optimism, that they are approximately the most ready-to-act people in the world.

   • 1942, Gads danske magasin:

     Vi vil alle gerne have et Folkestyre, men det maa være paa en bedre og handledygtigere Maade end før. Og vi maa ikke lade Tidens Sorger og Bekymringer formørke vort Syn paa, hvad vi vil opnaa, naar Tiden en Gang er inde.

     We all want a democracy, but it must be in a better and more ready-to-act way than before. And we must not let the sorrows and worries of the time darken our visions of that which we wish to achieve when the time is right.

Inflection

Inflection of handledygtig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	handledygtig	handledygtigere	handledygtigst2
Indefinite neuter singular	handledygtigt	handledygtigere	handledygtigst2
Plural	handledygtige	handledygtigere	handledygtigst2
Definite attributive1	handledygtige	handledygtigere	handledygtigste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

• “handledygtig” in Den Danske Ordbog