dry-handed
English
adj
Definitions
- Having hands that are dry.
- Old and withered, with connotations of lacking sexual potency or appeal.
- (archaic) empty-Empty-handed.
- (obsolete) Unarmed; lacking special equipment for fighting.
- (obsolete) Snobbish; concerned more with social standing than actual worth.
Etymology
Compound from English dry + English handed.
Origin
English
handed
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adry English
- ambi-handed English
- barehanded English
- bloody-handed English
- both-handed English
- broken-handed English
- brokenhanded English
- cack-handed English
- close-handed English
- closehanded English
- coarse-handed English
- coarsehanded English
- cross-handed English
- cross-handedness English
- crosshanded English
- dead-handed English
- deadhanded English
- deft-handed English
- defthanded English
- dirty-handed English
- doublehanded English
- drier English
- drieth English
- drily English
- driness English
- drip-dry English
- drought English
- dry English
- dry-foot English
- dryable English
- drybag English
- drybrush English
- drydock English
- dryer English
- dryfat English
- drygulcher English
- drying English
- dryish English
- dryland English
- dryline English
- dryly English
- dryness English
- drynurse English
- drypainting English
- drypoint English
- drysalter English
- dryscape English
- dryshod English
- dryside English
- drystack English
- drystone English
- drysuit English
- dryth English
- drywall English
- drywipe English
- either-handed English
- emptyhanded English
- evenhanded English
- fair-handed English
- fairhanded English
- fast-handed English
- fordry English
- fourhanded English
- freehanded English
- full-handed English
- gentle-handed English
- gouty-handed English
- handed English
- handedly English
- handedness English
- hardhanded English
- horny-handed English
- ironhanded English
- large-handed English
- left-handed English
- lefthanded English
- level-handed English
- lily-handed English
- loose-handed English
- many-handed English
- naked-handed English
- neat-handed English
- numb-handed English
- offhanded English
- one-handed English
- open-handed English
- overdry English
- overhanded English
- ready-handed English
- red-handed English
- redry English
- right-handed English
- roughdry English
- secondhanded English
- semidry English
- shorthanded English
- shovel-handed English
- side-handed English
- slack-handed English
- spade-handed English
- spray-dry English
- steady-handed English
- strait-handed English
- strong-handed English
- sure-handed English
- swift-handed English
- tender-handed English
- toom-handed English
- two-handed English
- ultradry English
- underhanded English
- undry English
- updry English
- uphanded English
- weak-handed English
- white-handed English
- wide-handed English
- drye Middle English
- ไดร์ Thai
- drai Tok Pisin
- draiwara Tok Pisin
- drei Sranan Tongo
- dly Chinook Jargon
- dry
- adry
- redry
- drier
- dryth
- updry
- dryer
- drily
- undry
- dryly
- drying
- handed
- drybag
- dryish
- dryfat
- drieth
- fordry
- dryness
- overdry
- dryland
- semidry
- dryline
- drywall
- drysuit
- dryside
- drydock
- dryshod
- dryable
- drought
- drywipe
- driness
- drypoint
- uphanded
- drystone
- drybrush
- dry-foot
- ultradry
- dryscape
- handedly
- roughdry
- drystack
- drip-dry
- drynurse
- spray-dry
- offhanded
- drysalter
- freehanded
- overhanded
- ironhanded
- fairhanded
- red-handed
- barehanded
- handedness
- lefthanded
- fourhanded
- two-handed
- defthanded
- one-handed
- deadhanded
- hardhanded
- evenhanded
- drygulcher
- closehanded
- fast-handed
- numb-handed
- full-handed
- dead-handed
- left-handed
- many-handed
- underhanded
- both-handed
- ambi-handed
- weak-handed
- neat-handed
- side-handed
- sure-handed
- toom-handed
- emptyhanded
- lily-handed
- open-handed
- drypainting
- wide-handed
- fair-handed
- crosshanded
- shorthanded
- cack-handed
- deft-handed
- level-handed
- ready-handed
- brokenhanded
- coarsehanded
- close-handed
- cross-handed
- white-handed
- slack-handed
- spade-handed
- gouty-handed
- dirty-handed
- large-handed
- doublehanded
- horny-handed
- right-handed
- loose-handed
- naked-handed
- secondhanded
- swift-handed
- shovel-handed
- strait-handed
- coarse-handed
- steady-handed
- broken-handed
- tender-handed
- bloody-handed
- strong-handed
- either-handed
- gentle-handed
- cross-handedness