Meaning of handledygtig | Babel Free

Definitions

capable of action, ready to act

Examples

“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.

“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.

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