Heavy-handed
Heavy-handed adjective - Lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands.
Usage example: felt heavy-handed and awkward when she held the newborn infant
Handless is a synonym for heavy-handed. In some cases you can use "Handless" instead an adjective phrase "Heavy-handed".
Handless
Handless adjective - Lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands.
Usage example: she's far too handless to be good at needlework
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- awkward and heavy-handed
- awkward and handless
- clumsy and heavy-handed
- clumsy and handless
- inexpert and heavy-handed
- inexpert and handless
- graceless and heavy-handed
- graceless and handless
- bumbling and heavy-handed
- bumbling and handless
- unskillful and heavy-handed
- unskillful and handless
- tactless and heavy-handed
- tactless and handless
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