| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb hand-wingedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hand-wingedly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hand-winged.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HAND-WINGED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
