fast-handed
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.34 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "I love the youthful brilliance of Jos Buttler, the chattering chutzpah of Craig Kieswetter, the studied leave of Nick Compton, the fast-handed strokeplay of James Hildreth, the tattoos of Peter Trego, the devotion to weight training of the trainer Daz Veness, even the goatee of chairman Andy Nash."
- "She made a fast-handed dive and snatched the statue back, just as he was sliding it into his pocket."
- "A feast of slide and fast-handed guitar, with Johnson's falsetto ramblings a highlight, the song became a huge success in America, providing this new found blues hero with instant fortune and a mass following."
- "Hart is not just posh but well-versed in explaining things with fast-handed diplomacy to unpleasant Johnny Foreigners without loosening his Windsor knot, often deploying that go-to Brit spook gadget, the weaponised umbrella."
- "He seemed to have that kind of self-possession and ease about him, together with a certain bantering jollity, which are so natural to fast-handed and well-housed lords of the soil."
- "It was time for Amber Lights to be studied from a post-feminist perspective — which would demonstrate, conclusively, that most of the credit should go to the editor, a fast-handed woman who had been left to improvise, during the period when Lalage was 'off colour'."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
more fast-handed (comparative)
most fast-handed (superlative)