Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keck-handed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: keck--hand-ed
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of cack-handed.

Example Sentences

"D'Oliveira and Barbirolli smiled elatedly as if handing on a bat or a baton, unaware they'd bestowed their attention on a keck-handed, tone-deaf imposter who wasn't collecting signatures anyway, who just happened to be standing in the right place and was then pushed forwards with a pen and paper."
"The amateur who can handle ordinary carpenter's tools and is generally dexterous has a very definite advantage over one who is unpractical and keck-handed."
"In the upshot, it looks like equal numbers of right-handed and keck-handed."

Inflected Forms

more keck-handed (comparative) most keck-handed (superlative) keckhanded (alternative)

Questions

What does keck-handed mean?: Alternative form of cack-handed.

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