sure-handed
English
adjective
Definitions
- Dexterous; skilled and smooth at a manual task.
- Confident and skillful; practiced; expert.
- Skillfully executed
Etymology
Compound from English sure + English handed.
Origin
English
handed
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ambi-handed English
- barehanded English
- bloody-handed English
- both-handed English
- broken-handed English
- brokenhanded English
- cack-handed English
- close-handed English
- closehanded English
- coarse-handed English
- coarsehanded English
- cocksure English
- cross-handed English
- cross-handedness English
- crosshanded English
- dead-handed English
- deadhanded English
- deft-handed English
- defthanded English
- dirty-handed English
- doublehanded English
- dry-handed English
- either-handed English
- emptyhanded English
- evenhanded English
- fair-handed English
- fairhanded English
- fast-handed English
- footsure English
- fourhanded English
- freehanded English
- full-handed English
- gentle-handed English
- gouty-handed English
- handed English
- handedly English
- handedness English
- hardhanded English
- horny-handed English
- ironhanded English
- large-handed English
- left-handed English
- lefthanded English
- level-handed English
- lily-handed English
- loose-handed English
- many-handed English
- naked-handed English
- neat-handed English
- numb-handed English
- offhanded English
- one-handed English
- open-handed English
- overhanded English
- oversure English
- ready-handed English
- red-handed English
- right-handed English
- secondhanded English
- shorthanded English
- shovel-handed English
- side-handed English
- slack-handed English
- snowsure English
- spade-handed English
- steady-handed English
- strait-handed English
- strong-handed English
- sure English
- sure-fire English
- sure-handedly English
- sure-handedness English
- surefooted English
- surely English
- surement English
- sureness English
- sureseater English
- surety English
- swift-handed English
- tender-handed English
- toom-handed English
- two-handed English
- underhanded English
- unsure English
- unsured English
- uphanded English
- weak-handed English
- white-handed English
- wide-handed English
- sur, sure Middle English
- sure Middle English
- syur Cebuano
- siwr Welsh
- sur Middle French
- sure
- surely
- handed
- unsure
- surety
- unsured
- footsure
- sureness
- uphanded
- cocksure
- handedly
- surement
- snowsure
- oversure
- offhanded
- sure-fire
- lefthanded
- fourhanded
- two-handed
- sureseater
- defthanded
- freehanded
- overhanded
- one-handed
- ironhanded
- dry-handed
- deadhanded
- hardhanded
- fairhanded
- evenhanded
- red-handed
- barehanded
- handedness
- surefooted
- toom-handed
- closehanded
- fast-handed
- emptyhanded
- lily-handed
- numb-handed
- open-handed
- full-handed
- dead-handed
- left-handed
- wide-handed
- many-handed
- underhanded
- both-handed
- fair-handed
- crosshanded
- ambi-handed
- weak-handed
- shorthanded
- cack-handed
- neat-handed
- side-handed
- deft-handed
- large-handed
- level-handed
- ready-handed
- doublehanded
- brokenhanded
- coarsehanded
- close-handed
- cross-handed
- horny-handed
- right-handed
- white-handed
- slack-handed
- loose-handed
- spade-handed
- naked-handed
- secondhanded
- gouty-handed
- swift-handed
- dirty-handed
- sure-handedly
- broken-handed
- shovel-handed
- tender-handed
- bloody-handed
- strait-handed
- coarse-handed
- strong-handed
- either-handed
- steady-handed
- gentle-handed
- sure-handedness
- cross-handedness