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Strong-handed

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Having hands that are strong; by extension, Strong, mighty.

Definitions by Sense

  1. Having hands that are strong; by extension, Strong, mighty
  2. Forceful or vigorous.
  3. Resolute; unwavering and dauntless.
  4. Firm; strict and harshly enforced.
  5. (obsolete) Having many workers.
  6. (obsolete, US) Wealthy.
  7. (psychology) Strongly lateralized.
  8. (shooting) With the gun held in hands braced against each other.

Example Sentences

The paths were kept clean; the bits of board before the door were well swept, the children looked tidy, and the old grandmother, of whose fat, happy face, and clean-starched cap, I have yet a faint vision, seemed the belle ideal of a bold-hearted, strong-handed western woman, sinking into the well-earned repose of ripened years.
No women, no children, no gray and stooping veterans,—none but erect, bright-eyed, quick-moving, strong-handed young giants—the strangest population, the finest population, the most gallant host that ever trooped down the startled solitudes of an unpeopled land.
One was evidently a mechanic — a great burly, red-faced, strong-handed man, with some tokens of the smoke and smut of his calling hidden away in creases on his neck and face and hands.
He not only punctuated his remarks with strong-handed gestures, coy smiles, dancing eyebrows, and guffaws, he seemed constantly to be folding or flinging about the loose ends of his maroon habit, seizing the limbs of panelists sitting on stage with him, waving to friends in the audience, and flipping through the program while his translator dispatched a lengthy remark.
Here, their sweat attests to labour, and their weals are caused by strong-handed grips.
Robert just nodded and then switftly turned the wheelchair with a strong-handed jerk down on one wheel in the opposite direction of Greg.
Resolute, strong-handed fellows they were, with Ethan Allen at their head; a native of Connecticut, but brought up among the Green Mountains.
An unfathomably cunning kind of fellow, as well as an audacious and strong-handed! ... Harald flies to Lymfjord with his ships, challenges King Harald Greyfell to land and fight; which the undaunted Greyfell, though so far outnumbered, does

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Antonyms for strong-handed

Related Words

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What does strong-handed mean?

Strong-handed means Having hands that are strong; by extension, Strong, mighty.

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The paths were kept clean; the bits of board before the door were well swept, the children looked tidy, and the old grandmother, of whose fat, happy face, and clean-starched cap, I have yet a faint vision, seemed the belle ideal of a bold-hearted, strong-handed western woman, sinking into the well-earned repose of ripened years.

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