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strait-handedness

strait-handedness noun: the quality of being strait-handed; greed; stinginess.

Noun

strait-handedness (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The quality of being strait-handed; greed; stinginess.
    • But in Ezra’s and Nehemiah’s Time, too much Senſuality and Sabbath-breaking, Oppreſſion, Strait-handedneſs reſpecting the publick VVorſhip of God (the very ſame Sins that are found vvith us) vvere common prevailing Iniquities.1702, Cotton Mather, “[Book V (Acts and Monuments. […]).] The Necessity of Reformation, with the Expedients Subservient thereunto, Asserted, in Answer to Two Questions.”, in Magnalia Christi...
    • It is also evident that men are under the prevailing power of a worldly spirit, by their strait-handedness as to publick concernments.1893, Williston Walker, The Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism, page 431

Forms of strait-handedness

alternative formstraithandedness

Origin of strait-handedness

From strait-handed + -ness.

Questions about strait-handedness

What does strait-handedness mean?
Strait-handedness means the quality of being strait-handed; greed; stinginess.
What part of speech is strait-handedness?
Strait-handedness is a noun.

Words near strait-handedness in the dictionary

  1. Strait of Otranto
  2. Strait of Sangar
  3. Strait of Sicily
  4. Strait of Tiran
  5. strait-handed
  6. strait-handedness
  7. strait-jacket
  8. strait-jackets
  9. strait-laced
  10. strait-waistcoat
  11. strait-waistcoats

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