cleanhandedness

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A form of clean-handedness — The quality of being clean-handed; honesty and freedom from wrong-doing.

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Meanings

nouncleanhandedness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of clean-handedness.

    Within its limits this has worked as a most admirable corrective to patronage; it is one of the chief factors in the cleanhandedness of British politicians, and it is continually importing fresh young men from outside to keep officialdom in touch with the general educated world.

    1903, H.G. Wells, Mankind in the Making

Origin

From cleanhanded + -ness.

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APA

cleanhandedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleanhandedness

MLA

“cleanhandedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleanhandedness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cleanhandedness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleanhandedness.

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