Antonyms of adj handless

2 senses of handless

Sense 1
handless (vs. handed) -- (without a hand or hands; "a handless war veteran")

handed (vs. handless) -- (having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree-living animal"; "a four-handed card game")
        => one-handed -- (having or using a single hand; "one-handed golfers"; "a one-handed backetball shot")
        => two-handed, bimanual -- (requiring two hands or designed for two people; "a two-handed sledgehammer"; "a two-handed crosscut saw"; "a machine designed for bimanual operation")

Sense 2
bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed -- (lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse)

INDIRECT (VIA maladroit) -> adroit -- (quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; "an exceptionally adroit pianist"; "an adroit technician"; "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers"; "an adroit negotiator")

Similarity of adj handless

2 senses of handless

Sense 1
handless (vs. handed) -- (without a hand or hands; "a handless war veteran")

Sense 2
bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed -- (lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse)
       => maladroit (vs. adroit) -- (not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda")

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