Meaning of quick-handed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Quick and dextrous.
2. Done quickly and efficiently.

Examples

“Ironically, the successful conviction on the part of Columbia's graduate students to preserve⟳ for posterity what I believe⟳ is perhaps the most thorough-going and most painlessly digested summary of economic-thought developments has never had Professor Mitchell's backing, and before his death Mitchell disclaimed any responsibility for errors that might have⟳ slipped into the quick-handed note⟳ taker's record⟳ since Mitchell had not even read⟳ what must have⟳ become⟳ the treasured possession of many a mature intellect among the large number⟳ of his students from both this country and abroad.”

“Particularly bright people did not turn⟳ out to be especially quick-handed, and particularly quick-handed people did not turn⟳ out to be especially bright.”

“This is an interesting trick⟳, but I include⟳ it with some reluctance because it requires one very quick-handed juggler, and since quick-handedness and klutziness are not often associated, this might create⟳ a problem.”

“I should like⟳ first to thank⟳ Cristina Gutierrez, of my office staff, for her tireless and quick-handed work⟳ transcribing the hundreds of tape-cassettes on which the various drafts of the present⟳ work⟳ have⟳ been dictated.”

“Of the quick-handed sketches, the young furniture designer enthuses, "I find⟳ it's so important to keep⟳ jotting down ideas, even if they're the worst ideas in the world.”

“When Hector completed his quick-handed twists, he gave the cube to Jon.”

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