Meaning of ready-handedness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being ready-handed; capability and preparedness.

uncountable

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.'”

“He had all the Bushman's ready-handedness, and there was just sufficient aloofness in his frank cordiality to make⟳ her feel⟳ that he would never presume upon any familiarity which circumstances might enforce.”

“There are a dozen kinds of skilled labour greatly more difficult, demanding, indeed, somewhat less physical exertion but far more of the superior qualities of head and ready-handedness.”

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