straithanded

straithanded

See also: strait-handed

English

Adjective

straithanded (comparative more straithanded, superlative most straithanded)

1. Alternative form of strait-handed
   • 1826, John Scott, The works of the Lerned and Reverend John Scott, D.D.:

     for of all the outward blessings that God affords us, our time is incomparably the most precious and inestimable; and therefore, though he gives us his other blessings in great variety, and provides for us a plentiful choice of meats, drinks, and raiment, yet in the distribution of our time he seems to be more sparing and straithanded ; for he gives it not to us in rivers, but drop by drop, and minute after minute, so that we can never enjoy two moments together, but, whenever he gives us one, he always takes away another.

   • 1988, Vinson H. Sutlive, The Iban of Sarawak: Chronicle of a Vanishing World, page 93:

     Knowing how critical and straithanded or miserly the Iban can be with one another, I asked Enchul why he continued to help his brother.

   • 2011, L. Sprague de Camp, The Hostage of Zir, →ISBN:

     Yonder lies the bloated, sprawling kingdom of Dur, in the avaricious grip of that straithanded niggard Tashian.