up-handed
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative form of uphanded.
Example Sentences
- "The R for Richard is not a firm, steady up-handed stroke for the curl at the top; and the end of the n, in Craven, is unfinished, weak, and imperfect."
- "But let the judicial system be criticized, and up-handed horror echoes its protest in all directions."
- "But Tom was at the sideboard, fatiguing the salade with all the up-handed ceremony of a regimental drummer at work."
- "The lighter sledges are used ' ' up-handed, " that is, for lifting and striking in a circular arc simply, over the work."
- "He grabbed the fire shovil, an' bounc'd half bent (the cheer kep him frum straitin up) all over that kitchen, a strikin over-handed, onder-handed, up-handed, down-handed, an' lef-handed, at every 'spishus shadder he seed."
- "The 3fz one-hand-only shooting mechanism allows players to shoot the basketball up-handed by pronating palm (down) and uplifting the arm, as well as underhanded by supinating palm (up) and low-hand Unishots."
Inflected Forms
more up-handed (comparative)
most up-handed (superlative)