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• past tense form of handle.
• past participle of handle.

handled

American  

[han-dld] / ˈhæn dld /

adjective

1. fitted with or having a handle or handles, especially of a specified kind (often used in combination).

   a handled pot; a long-handled knife.

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Etymology

Origin of handled

First recorded in 1775–85; handle + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Brown's co-star in Enola Holmes, Louis Partridge, commented: "Well said Millie. Handled with grace."

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025

“I chopped left over thanksgiving turkey for delicious turkey salad. Handled it like a champ. Same with ham. Dices pickles, onions, and celery without issue.”

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2019

Photo: Mark Rogers / Lionsgate Handled with more finesse, that approach might feel daring.

From The Verge • Apr. 10, 2019

Handled with less inventive prose, a book like this might feel like a series of Stephen King-ish portraits of small people being horrible.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2018

Handled cup with decoration of the sacred mantle.

From Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 by Stevenson, James

Related Words

• directed
• managed
• organized