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cleanhandedness

cleanhandedness is the alternative form of clean-handedness.

Meaning of clean-handedness

Noun

clean-handedness (uncountable)

  1. (UK) The quality of being clean-handed; honesty and freedom from wrong-doing.
    • All in all, the Mubarak leadership has adopted a low-key, businesslike style, and, in addition to its reputation for honesty and clean-handedness, it has been quite careful and discreet in its approach to issues and problems.2005, Lillian C Harris, Egypt: Internal Challenges and Regional Stability, →ISBN, page 54

Origin of cleanhandedness

From cleanhanded + -ness.

Questions about cleanhandedness

What is cleanhandedness the alternative form of?
Cleanhandedness is the alternative form of clean-handedness.

Words near cleanhandedness in the dictionary

  1. cleanfill
  2. cleanfluencer
  3. cleanfluencers
  4. cleanhanded
  5. cleanhandedly
  6. cleanhandedness
  7. cleanin'
  8. cleaning
  9. cleaning agent
  10. cleaning agents
  11. cleaning and jerking

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