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handholdy

handholdy adjective: tending to hold someone's hand ("to guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details"); overly tutorialized or railroaded.

Adjective

handholdy (comparative more handholdy, superlative most handholdy)

  1. (slang) Tending to hold someone's hand ("to guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details"); overly tutorialized or railroaded.

Forms of handholdy

comparativemore handholdy
superlativemost handholdy

Origin of handholdy

From handhold + -y.

Questions about handholdy

What does handholdy mean?
Handholdy means tending to hold someone's hand ("to guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details"); overly tutorialized or railroaded.
What part of speech is handholdy?
Handholdy is an adjective.

Words near handholdy in the dictionary

  1. handholders
  2. handholding
  3. handholdings
  4. handholdless
  5. handholds
  6. handholdy
  7. handhole
  8. handholes
  9. handi
  10. handi wipe
  11. handi wipes

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