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Definition of Handiness
1. Noun. Skillfulness with the hands. "He can do any sort of work requiring handiness and dexterity"
2. Noun. The quality of being at hand when needed.
Generic synonyms: Convenience
Specialized synonyms: Command, Print
Attributes: Accessible, Inaccessible, Unaccessible, Available, Unavailable
Derivative terms: Accessible, Available, Available, Available, Handy
Antonyms: Inaccessibility, Unavailability
Definition of Handiness
1. n. The quality or state of being handy.
Definition of Handiness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being handy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Handiness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Handiness
Literary usage of Handiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"Ice-holes in the North Mountains.— Ironworks of Bear river.—Healthiness of the
country.— Handiness of the Nova Scotians.—Blue-nose provincialisms. ..."
2. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"... another characteristic of the early population was their readiness to engage
in, and their handiness in carrying on, any kind of business that promised ..."
3. Modern Achievement edited by Edward Everett Hale (1902)
"MAN IN THE HOME Handiness with Tools By FRANK A. DE PUY TO be " handy " with the
hammer and saw, plane and chisel, and the common tools of carpentry, ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"... a handiness, a fertility of resources, an adaptation of means to ends, and an
incessant industry, qualities hardly to be expected in connection with ..."
5. The Care of the Body by Francis Cavanagh (1907)
"Form—Style—Grace—Due to parsimony in Nature— " Handiness "—The value of position
in sport—Penalties if too protracted—Beauty of price—A retiring curve ..."
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