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bare-handed

bare-handed is the alternative form of barehanded.

Meaning of barehanded

Adjective

barehanded (not comparable)

  1. With bare hands.
  2. (broadly) With no tool or weapon.

See all 4 meanings of barehanded

Forms of bare-handed

Adjective
comparativemore bare-handed
superlativemost bare-handed
Adverb
comparativemore bare-handed
superlativemost bare-handed

Words formed from bare-handed

Questions about bare-handed

What is bare-handed the alternative form of?
Bare-handed is the alternative form of barehanded.

Words near bare-handed in the dictionary

  1. bare-eyed cockatoo
  2. bare-eyes
  3. bare-faced
  4. bare-footed
  5. bare-footen
  6. bare-handed
  7. bare-handedly
  8. bare-handedness
  9. bare-headed
  10. bare-knuckle
  11. bare-knuckle boxing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bare-handed (page history and authors); barehanded (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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