Meaning of close-handed | Babel Free
Definitions
Adjective. [C1]
Examples
“they were outcasts, paupers, unfriended beings, to whom the most scanty pittance was a matter⟳ of favour, and who were treated merely as children of peasants, yet poorer than the poorest, who, dying, had left them, a thankless bequest, to the close-handed charity of the land⟳.”
“Yes, yes, he's rich enough to live⟳ in a finer house than this: but he's very near—close-handed;”
“Close-handed with his own⟳ information, he suspected others of holding out, too.”
“In the last⟳ place⟳. I am to come⟳ to close-handed fighting.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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