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uphanded

uphanded adjective: with hands held up or characterised by raising of hands. Also the simple past and past participle of uphand.

Adjective

uphanded (comparative more uphanded, superlative most uphanded)

  1. With hands held up or characterised by raising of hands.
    • For, as it regards myself, I confess, with humility, that in the earliest stage of my career I was the uphanded wonder of gossips even at my christening, and though only a few months old, (I was born in the longest day), I was considered a child of larger growth than any other of equal age, which...1833, The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Volume 11, page 89
    • I can hold it up, I can hold it up and I feel everything drain right out of it, and if I go to pick up a cigarette now with this hand I can't pick it up if I hold this hand up in an uphanded position all the time.1990, Antarctic Journal of the United States - Volume 25, page 24
  2. Overbearing.
    • Furthermore such an attitude becomes an abuse of the strong against the weak, exactly in the uphanded attitude adopted by Germany towards heroic Belgium, when she violated the latter's rights which were guaranteed by a Treaty.1929, Sugar News - Volume 10, page 54
    • Mr. Wilkinson took a very uphanded means and said that he was going to be indisposed for probably 30 days.1953, United States Congress House Committee on Education and Labor, Strikes and Racketeering in the Kansas City Area, page 76

Also used as

uphanded is also the simple past and past participle of uphand.

Examples of uphanded in a sentence

  • “Pffshheeech!” whistled Sam with an uphanded salute.2014, Edward W. Ramsell, Baanquer's Point, →ISBN, page 206:
  • The managers brought from abroad were not aware of the local agricultural conditions; they came into conflict with the workers because of their uphanded attitudes1970, Jerusalem Studies in Geography - Volumes 1-2, page 6:

Forms of uphanded

comparativemore uphanded
superlativemost uphanded
alternative formup-handed

Origin of uphanded

From up + handed.

Questions about uphanded

What does uphanded mean?
Uphanded means with hands held up or characterised by raising of hands.
How do you use uphanded in a sentence?
“Pffshheeech!” whistled Sam with an uphanded salute.
What part of speech is uphanded?
Uphanded is an adjective.

Words near uphanded in the dictionary

  1. Uphall
  2. Uphall Station
  3. Upham
  4. Uphams
  5. uphand
  6. uphanded
  7. uphanding
  8. uphands
  9. uphang
  10. uphanging
  11. uphangs

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