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keck-handed en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of cack-handed.
    • D'Oliveira and Barbirolli smiled elatedly as if handing on a bat or a baton, unaware they'd bestowed their attention on a keck-handed, tone-deaf imposter who wasn't collecting signatures anyway, who just happened to be standing in the right place and was then pushed forwards with a pen and paper. 2011, Jamie McKendrick, Ink Stone, →ISBN:
    • In the upshot, it looks like equal numbers of right-handed and keck-handed. 1982, New Society - Volume 61, page 305:
    • The amateur who can handle ordinary carpenter's tools and is generally dexterous has a very definite advantage over one who is unpractical and keck-handed. 1971, John Benson Sidgwick, R. C. Gamble, Amateur Astronomer's Handbook, →ISBN, page 21:

Forms

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most keck-handed Degree=Sup lexicographic
keckhanded alternative lexicographic
more keck-handed Degree=Cmp lexicographic