English

Adjective

surehanded ‎(comparative more surehanded, superlative most surehanded)

1. Alternative form of sure-handed
   • 2001, Nat Brandt, When Oberlin was King of the Gridiron: The Heisman Years, ISBN 0873386841, page 79:

     Both Fred Savage and Lou Hart, each ordinarily a surehanded player, dropped the ball twice.

   • 1924, Dickens and Thackeray, page 11:

     The novitiate of Dickens is seen in the Sketches by Boz, and in many a casual piece; his increasing power in American Notes and in Pictures from Italy, and the fulness of his skill in The Uncommercial Traveller, where he is visibly a seasoned writer and surehanded, with all his virtues and faults in their permanent array.

   • 2011, Barry N. Malzberg, Revelations, ISBN 0575102276, page xxvii:

     Who would have guessed that after his explosion of insight, his surehanded and destructive manipulation of the woman, he would have begun with her a covert relationship?

   • 1996, Prouty, Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993-1994, ISBN 0824037979, page xci:

     Michael O'Hara's surehanded script and Michael Horowitz's fine direction spell out the brief career of remorseless bloodletter Starkweather.