| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Skillful; dexterous; clever.[Websters]
2. Friendly; civil; gentle; kind.[Websters] 3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb hendely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hendely) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hende.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HENDE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
| Etymology:Hende \Hende\, adjective. [Old English expression, near, handy, kind, from Anglo-Saxon gehende near, from hand hand. See Handy.]. (references) |
