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defthandedness

defthandedness is the alternative form of deft-handedness.

Meaning of deft-handedness

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

Origin of defthandedness

From defthanded + -ness.

Questions about defthandedness

What is defthandedness the alternative form of?
Defthandedness is the alternative form of deft-handedness.

Words near defthandedness in the dictionary

  1. defterdars
  2. defters
  3. deftest
  4. defthanded
  5. defthandedly
  6. defthandedness
  7. deftly
  8. deftness
  9. deftnesses
  10. defucosylate
  11. defucosylated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: defthandedness (page history and authors); deft-handedness (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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