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gentle-handed

gentle-handed adjective: having or involving hands that are gentle.

Adjective

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

  1. Having or involving hands that are gentle.

Forms of gentle-handed

comparativemore gentle-handed
superlativemost gentle-handed
alternative formgentlehanded

Origin of gentle-handed

From gentle + handed.

Questions about gentle-handed

What does gentle-handed mean?
Gentle-handed means having or involving hands that are gentle.
What part of speech is gentle-handed?
Gentle-handed is an adjective.

Words near gentle-handed in the dictionary

  1. gentle lemurs
  2. gentle murder paradox
  3. gentle nor simple
  4. gentle or simple
  5. gentle sex
  6. gentle-handed
  7. gentle-hearted
  8. gentle-heartedly
  9. gentle-heartedness
  10. gentle-like
  11. gentlebeing

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