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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handholdy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hand-holdy
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to hold someone's hand ("to guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details"); overly tutorialized or railroaded.

Slang

Etymology

From handhold + -y.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more handholdy (comparative) most handholdy (superlative)

Questions

What does handholdy mean?
Tending to hold someone's hand ("to guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details"); overly tutorialized or railroaded.
Where does handholdy come from?
From handhold + -y.

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