HyperDic: handless

English > 2 senses of the word handless:
ADJECTIVEallhandlesswithout a hand or hands
allhandless, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, left-handedlacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
English > handless: 2 senses > adjective 1
MeaningWithout a hand or hands.
Example"a handless war veteran"
OppositehandedHaving or involving the use of hands
Spanishmanco
English > handless: 2 senses > adjective 2
MeaningLacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
Example "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
Synonymsbumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, left-handed
Broadermaladroitnot adroit
Spanishmanazas, torpe
Catalangraponer, maldestre, matusser

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