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• past participle of hand.
• past tense form of hand.

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  handed

  adjective

  having or involving a hand or hands (usually used in combination).
• -handed
  -handed

  adjective

  having a hand or hands as specified

handed

American  

[han-did] / ˈhæn dɪd /

adjective

1. having or involving a hand or hands (usually used in combination).

   two-handed backhand; a four-handed piano work.

2. using a particular hand (usually used in combination).

   right-handed.

3. having, requiring, or with the number of people, workers, or players indicated (usually used in combination).

   a three-handed game of poker.

4. manned; staffed (usually used in combination).

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-handed British  

adjective

1. having a hand or hands as specified

   broad-handed

   a four-handed game of cards

2. made as specified for either left- or right-hand operation or positioning

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Etymology

Origin of handed

First recorded in 1520–30; hand + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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handed -handed

After their sentences were handed down, Lee appeared to pray as he was led out of the dock, while Chow blew a kiss to those seated in the public gallery.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Although the last license plate of the current sequence has been produced, there’s still plenty to be handed out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

‘I feel tricked’: My contractor handed my $42,000 pool upgrade to a subcontractor I had already rejected.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

"Company" is in the running for the Golden Lion best film prize at the Venice Film Festival which will be handed out on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Picking up the basket, Grandma handed it to me and said, “I baked some fresh bread today and want to send a few loaves to her. Be careful now, and don’t mash them.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Like Hollman, he had won a reputation for open -handed charity, and was liked—and hated.

From The Call of the Cumberlands by Charles Neville Buck

It was the good fellows, easy and genial, daring, and, on occasion, mad, that I wanted to know—the fellows, generous-hearted and -handed, and not rabbit-hearted.

From John Barleycorn by Jack London