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handled

[ han-dld ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

fitted with or having a handle or handles, especially of a specified kind (often used in combination):
a handled pot; a long-handled knife.

Origin of handled¹

First recorded in 1775–85; handle + -ed ³

I think we handled it as well as we could have, given the exigencies of production.

With better training on how specifically to deal with people with ID, the deputies might have handled the situation differently.

At first, there was something very progressive about the way the Hunger Games films handled these love stories.

Still, the documentary never discusses how the Haywards initially handled her coming out.

The violence was turned up to 11, but the message could still have been handled with more subtlety.

Her success increased her confidence in herself and enhanced the boldness and freedom with which she handled her brush.

It will be found that as a whole they assume a flat position, and are very easily handled.

Whichever one is selected it should be fairly and honestly handled by my method.

A cigar should be handled daintily; it is a fragile, graceful creature—don't mar its beauty.

She took it and rubbed it with soft sand to remove some discolorations and laid it, with a horn-handled knife, by the china plate.

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