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both-handedly

adv

Etymology

From both-handed + -ly.

  1. inherited from *handuz✻
  2. inherited from *handu✻
  3. inherited from hand
  4. inherited from hond
  5. suffixed as handed — “hand + ed”
  6. compounded as both-handed — “both + handed”
  7. suffixed as both-handedly — “both-handed + ly”

Definitions

  1. Using both hands.

    • A-kneeling, a lad armcrosses his chest as a knight afoot, armed-at-all-points, both-handedly overhelms a sword & swooshes ~ the colée is dealt & felt!

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