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handed

  • /ˈhændɪd/ UK
  • /ˈhændəd/ US

Rhymes with -ændɪd

adjective

  1. in compounds, not comparable Having a certain kind or number of hands.
  2. informal, not comparable Synonym of chiral.

    Similar: chiral

  3. in compounds, not comparable Having a peculiar or characteristic hand or way of treating others. As poisonous tongued as handed
  4. not comparable, obsolete With hands joined; hand in hand. yet now, if any two be but once handed in the Church, and have tasted in any sort the nuptiall bed, let them finde themselves never so mistak’n in their dispositions through any error, concealment, or misadventure, that through their different tempers, thoughts, and constitutions, they can neither b

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of hand

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Closest in meaning: two-handed, bimanual, left, circulated, lodged, returned, passed, put, shed, furnishing, furnished, delivered, postponed, taken, surrender, donated

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@misc{handed_2026,
  title = {handed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/handed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}