Handless

/ˈhændləs/ · adjective

Meaning

Without any hands..

Definitions by Sense

1. Without any hands.
2. (obsolete) Not handy; awkward.
3. Without a handle.

Example Sentences

Together with his mangled Myrmidons, That noseless, handless, hack'd and chipp'd, come to him

We’ll take a dram for luck, and as soon as this handless man of mine has the collops ready, we’ll dine and take a hand at the cartes as gentlemen should.

This, however, was a thing that, left to himself, would have simply rendered Bill Lampiere a most handless workman at everything he attempted.

She gave him a few coppers from the handless jug.

One battered, spoutless, handless, japanned-in jug, that did not contain water, for it leaked.

Chinese soup is sipped in a handless cup (Chinese soup bowl) with its own soupspoon.

The leftover dough from the loaves would be rolled out with a handless, wooden, rolling pin.

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• more handless
• most handless

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