unhandily

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adverb

In an unhandy manner.

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Meanings

adverbunhandily (comparative more unhandily, superlative most unhandily)

comparative more unhandily · superlative most unhandily

  1. In an unhandy manner.

    Alladad Khan, left alone, dandled unhandily his child in unfatherly arms.

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 121

Origin

From unhandy + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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