well-handed
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Having well-formed hands (and arms)
Example Sentences
- "Thomas DeGrey outlined the basic surgical skills as including the ability to: 'Cauterize well, to let blood well, to be light and well-handed, bold and hardy in dressing of a Horse well'."
- "He has a well-handed wife called Mareon that will bake and brew for seafarers and horsemen."
- "She watched the muscles in his forearm flex as he cut the bread with the precision of a well-handed cook, while she fought the urge to lick her lips."
- "There was now, for instance, that bonny respectable well-handed lass in the village -- Thora Garth -- what objection could there be to her? She would make a good wife to any man, though of course her father was only a fisherman and not overburdened with wealth."
- "But the interest of a well-handed argument is, perhaps, as strong an influence as any which can be exerted to control attention."
- "A whole family mythology is gradually set up, as different people's stories begin to intertwine. It is a discontinuous narrative that is well-handed on the whole, with enough common ground between the narratives to hold the book together, although I found the middle parts of James Cleaver's family history far too long, and the repetition of images rather too persistent."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more well-handed (comparative)
most well-handed (superlative)