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neat-handed

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Dextrous; having the skill and discipline to do precision work neatly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • c. 1928, Rudyard Kipling, article published in The Morning Post, in Andrew Lycett (ed.), Kipling Abroad: Traffics and Discoveries from Burma to Brazil, London: I.B. Tauris, 2010, p. 221, For one thing, they were racially neat-handed, as those are who deal in strong sunlight with wood, fibres, cane and rattan; and their fight against fever in the past had most practically taught them tidiness.

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History

Etymology

From neat + handed.