English Dictionary

well-handed

形容詞

ジャマイカ英語 廃用

Skillful at manual tasks. / Skillfully put together. / Having well-formed hands (and arms) / Having plenty of support. / (obsolete, Jamaica) Well-supplied with slaves.

日本語の意味

手先が器用で、細かい作業を上手にこなす / 巧妙に組み立てられている、うまくまとまっている / 手や腕の形が整っている / 十分な支援や支持がある / （古語・ジャマイカ方言）奴隷が十分に供給されている

The well-handed carpenter restored the antique clock with delicate precision.

手先が器用な大工はアンティークの時計を繊細な精度で修復した。

意味（1）

Skillful at manual tasks.

Thomas DeGrey outlined the basic surgical skills as including the ability to: 'Cauterize well, to let blood well, to be light and well-handed, bold and hardy in dressing of a Horse well'.

意味（2）

Skillfully put together.

But the interest of a well-handed argument is, perhaps, as strong an influence as any which can be exerted to control attention.

意味（3）

Having well-formed hands (and arms)

May the divine Savitri, the well-handed, well-fingered, and well-armed, clear thee by his might!'

意味（4）

Having plenty of support.

... but it also teaches you the value of organization, it shows you the real meaning and import of a well-handed force that makes for good, it sharpens your wit in debate, it loosens your tongue in the right way and in proper channels, and it instills into you a knowledge of parliamentary law and practice that must needs....

意味（5）

(obsolete, Jamaica) Well-supplied with slaves.

On all estates, the boiling goes on night and day, except sunday. But well-handed estates have three spells, and intermissions accordingly.

more well-handed （ comparative ）

most well-handed （ superlative ）