quick-handedness

noun

The quality or state of being quick-handed.

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Meanings

nounquick-handedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality or state of being quick-handed.

    He is known to steal from the Treasury, but so far he has not been caught because of his quick-handedness.

    2010, Gémino H. Abad, Underground Spirit: 1983 to 1989, →ISBN, page 163
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    This is an interesting trick, but I include it with some reluctance because it requires one very quick-handed juggler, and since quick-handedness and klutziness are not often associated, this might create a problem.

    2002, John Cassidy, B. C. Rimbeaux, Juggling for the Complete Klutz, →ISBN

    It was a scene where Fagin was counting money on a table, very quickly sorting these coins into piles and slapping them down on the surface so that, as well as being a mesmerising piece of quick-handedness, the whole routine had this brilliant noise and rhythm to it — chik-chik-chik-chik, slap! chik-chik-chik-chik, slap! Superb.

    2014, David Jason, David Jason: My Life, →ISBN, page 134

Origin

From quick-handed + -ness.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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