neat-handedness

noun

The quality or state of being neat-handed.

Meanings

nounneat-handedness (uncountable)

alternative neathandedness

  1. uncountableThe quality or state of being neat-handed.

    Throughout all these trifling actions the natural grace, delicacy, and prim neat-handedness of the woman still waited mechanically on the most useless and aimless of her occupations of the moment.

    2008, Wilkie Collins, The Dead Secret, →ISBN, page 28

Origin

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APA

neat-handedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neat-handedness

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“neat-handedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neat-handedness. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neat-handedness,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neat-handedness.

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