ready-handedness
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Touching alike in contrast and in resemblance is the life-story of Jame Hannington, the incorrigible, fun-loving Oxford student; the curate winning men's hearts by his genial sympathy and ready-handedness in time of need, yet dimly conscious of his unfitness for the cure of souls, while the inward voice whispered ever more loudly: 'Mine own vineyard have I not kept.'"
- "He had all the Bushman's ready-handedness, and there was just sufficient aloofness in his frank cordiality to make her feel that he would never presume upon any familiarity which circumstances might enforce."
- "There are a dozen kinds of skilled labour greatly more difficult, demanding, indeed, somewhat less physical exertion but far more of the superior qualities of head and ready-handedness."
Etymology
From ready-handed + -ness.