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straithanded

straithanded is the alternative form of strait-handed.

Meaning of strait-handed

Adjective

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

  1. (archaic) parsimonious; sparing; niggardly
    • It is observable that is noted of those first converts, who were before strait-hearted and strait-handed, but when once made partakers of the Grace of God, how much they were enlarged, Neither was there any among them that lacked; for as many as were possessours of lands or houses, sold them, and...1643, Daniel Cawdrey, The good man a publick good

Forms of straithanded

comparativemore straithanded
superlativemost straithanded

Questions about straithanded

What is straithanded the alternative form of?
Straithanded is the alternative form of strait-handed.

Words near straithanded in the dictionary

  1. straitened times
  2. straitening
  3. straitens
  4. straiter
  5. straitest
  6. straithanded
  7. straithandedness
  8. straiting
  9. straitjacket
  10. straitjacketed
  11. straitjacketing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: straithanded (page history and authors); strait-handed (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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