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quick-handedness

quick-handedness noun: the quality or state of being quick-handed.

Noun

quick-handedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being quick-handed.
    • This is an interesting trick, but I include it with some reluctance because it requires one very quick-handed juggler, and since quick-handedness and klutziness are not often associated, this might create a problem.2002, John Cassidy, B. C. Rimbeaux, Juggling for the Complete Klutz, →ISBN
    • He is known to steal from the Treasury, but so far he has not been caught because of his quick-handedness.2010, Gémino H. Abad, Underground Spirit: 1983 to 1989, →ISBN, page 163

Origin of quick-handedness

From quick-handed + -ness.

Questions about quick-handedness

What does quick-handedness mean?
Quick-handedness means the quality or state of being quick-handed.
What part of speech is quick-handedness?
Quick-handedness is a noun.

Words near quick-handedness in the dictionary

  1. quick-freezes
  2. quick-freezing
  3. quick-froze
  4. quick-frozen
  5. quick-handed
  6. quick-handedness
  7. quick-hearted
  8. quick-like
  9. quick-setting
  10. quick-sighted
  11. quick-tempered

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