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white-handedly

white-handedly adverb: in a manner characteristic of a white-handed individual.

Adverb

white-handedly (comparative more white-handedly, superlative most white-handedly)

  1. In a manner characteristic of a white-handed individual.

Forms of white-handedly

comparativemore white-handedly
superlativemost white-handedly

Origin of white-handedly

From white-handed + -ly.

Questions about white-handedly

What does white-handedly mean?
White-handedly means in a manner characteristic of a white-handed individual.
What part of speech is white-handedly?
White-handedly is an adverb.

Words near white-handedly in the dictionary

  1. white-glove tests
  2. white-haired
  3. white-handed
  4. white-handed gibbon
  5. white-handed gibbons
  6. white-handedly
  7. white-handedness
  8. white-headed
  9. white-headed babbler
  10. white-headed babblers
  11. white-headed duck

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