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straithandedness

straithandedness is the alternative form of strait-handedness.

Meaning of strait-handedness

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...

Origin of straithandedness

From straithanded + -ness.

Questions about straithandedness

What is straithandedness the alternative form of?
Straithandedness is the alternative form of strait-handedness.

Words near straithandedness in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: straithandedness (page history and authors); strait-handedness (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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