Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gentle-handed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
gen-tle-hand-ed
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or involving hands that are gentle.

Etymology

From gentle + handed.

Inflected Forms

more gentle-handed (comparative) most gentle-handed (superlative) gentlehanded (alternative)

Questions

What does gentle-handed mean?
Having or involving hands that are gentle.
Where does gentle-handed come from?
From gentle + handed.

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