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cross-handedly

cross-handedly adverb: in a cross-handed manner.

Adverb

cross-handedly (comparative more cross-handedly, superlative most cross-handedly)

  1. In a cross-handed manner.
    • Then, before he could react, she leaned over and hit him twice, cross-handedly, across his face, once with each hand, open-handed .2014, Dave Van Arnam, Lord of Blood - Book 2, →ISBN, page 23

Forms of cross-handedly

comparativemore cross-handedly
superlativemost cross-handedly
alternative formcrosshandedly
alternative formcross-handed
alternative formcrosshanded

Origin of cross-handedly

From cross-handed + -ly.

Questions about cross-handedly

What does cross-handedly mean?
Cross-handedly means in a cross-handed manner.
What part of speech is cross-handedly?
Cross-handedly is an adverb.

Words near cross-handedly in the dictionary

  1. cross-grained
  2. cross-grainedness
  3. cross-halving joint
  4. cross-halving joints
  5. cross-handed
  6. cross-handedly
  7. cross-handedness
  8. cross-harbour
  9. cross-hatch
  10. cross-hatched
  11. cross-hatches

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