Gentlehanded
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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