Ready-handedness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality of being ready-handed; capability and preparedness. uncountable
"Touching alike in contrast and in resemblance is the life-story of Jame Hannington, the incorrigible, fun-loving Oxford student; the curate winning men's hearts by his genial sympathy and ready-handedness in time of need, yet dimly conscious of his unfitness for the cure of souls, while the inward voice whispered ever more loudly: 'Mine own vineyard have I not kept.'"
Example
More examples"Touching alike in contrast and in resemblance is the life-story of Jame Hannington, the incorrigible, fun-loving Oxford student; the curate winning men's hearts by his genial sympathy and ready-handedness in time of need, yet dimly conscious of his unfitness for the cure of souls, while the inward voice whispered ever more loudly: 'Mine own vineyard have I not kept.'"
Etymology
From ready-handed + -ness.
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