Gentlehanded

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of gentle-handed. alt-of, alternative

    "If a clever, kind, gentlehanded little girl could get a crumb of bread down their throats, it would do no harm; but all rough, violent, clumsy manipulation is as bad as the throat-tickling of the hard-fingered hangman."

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"If a clever, kind, gentlehanded little girl could get a crumb of bread down their throats, it would do no harm; but all rough, violent, clumsy manipulation is as bad as the throat-tickling of the hard-fingered hangman."

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