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deft-handedness

deft-handedness noun: skill or aptitude for manual tasks.

Noun

deft-handedness (uncountable)

  1. Skill or aptitude for manual tasks.
    • No one to look at her preparations, and admire her deft-handedness and taste!1866, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Wives and Daughters

Forms of deft-handedness

alternative formdefthandedness

Origin of deft-handedness

From deft-handed + -ness.

Questions about deft-handedness

What does deft-handedness mean?
Deft-handedness means skill or aptitude for manual tasks.
What part of speech is deft-handedness?
Deft-handedness is a noun.

Words near deft-handedness in the dictionary

  1. defs.
  2. DEFSMAC
  3. deft
  4. deft-handed
  5. deft-handedly
  6. deft-handedness
  7. defter
  8. defterdar
  9. defterdars
  10. defters
  11. deftest

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