Handish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the hand; handly. nonstandard

    "however, we must not speak of a desk but only of "smooth," "hard" sense-data as our hands are in contact with the surface. And since we do not know if there are any material objects, we must consider our hand as a "handish" sense-datum to accommodate our subjectivist friends."

  2. 2
    Like or resembling a hand, especially in form or appearance. nonstandard

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"however, we must not speak of a desk but only of "smooth," "hard" sense-data as our hands are in contact with the surface. And since we do not know if there are any material objects, we must consider our hand as a "handish" sense-datum to accommodate our subjectivist friends."

Etymology

From hand + -ish.

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