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coarsehanded

coarsehanded is the alternative form of coarse-handed.

Meaning of coarse-handed

Adjective

coarse-handed (comparative more coarse-handed, superlative most coarse-handed)

  1. Rough, lacking refinement or sophistication.
    • But he had no prejudice against Englishmen, and even at a certain time when the coarse-handed British criticism began to blame his delicate art for the universal acceptance of his verse, and to try to sneer him into the rank of inferior poets, he was without rancor for the clumsy misliking that he...2015, William Dean Howells, Of Literature, →ISBN

Forms of coarsehanded

comparativemore coarsehanded
superlativemost coarsehanded

Origin of coarsehanded

From coarse + handed.

Questions about coarsehanded

What is coarsehanded the alternative form of?
Coarsehanded is the alternative form of coarse-handed.

Words near coarsehanded in the dictionary

  1. coarse-grainedness
  2. coarse-graining
  3. coarse-grainings
  4. coarse-handed
  5. Coarsegold
  6. coarsehanded
  7. coarsely
  8. coarsen
  9. coarsened
  10. coarsener
  11. coarseners

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