ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cack-handedly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Cack-handedly is an adverb meaning In a cack-handed manner.

Meaning

In a cack-handed manner.

Example Sentences

I had crewed for him once or twice, cack-handedly. He only took me out, I think, because for some reason he thought I was good for a laugh.
There was only one reason Siobhan could think of why anyone would do all of that, and try to cack-handedly cover up the fact by booking another flight to Bristol at the same time.
Yet, though Charles II curiously concurred with Fox's view of Vane's character, the political point emerges rather cack-handedly: after all, Restoration magistrates took a very hard line with hatted Quakers appearing before them.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cackhandedly, loose-handedly, ham-handedly, maladroitly, backhandedly, unhandily.

Related Dictionary Tools

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.