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Meaning of horny-handedly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

Done with hands that are tough and horny from manual labor.

Examples

“One time he worked in a mill horny-handedly, But, as he said to his friends very candidly, Nature had blessed him with quickness of jaw, So he gave up perspiring and took to the law.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

horologically horrendously horribile auditu horribile dictu horribly horrid