Neat-handed

Alternative forms

• neathanded

Origin

neat + handed

Full definition of neat-handed

Adjective

1. Dextrous; having the skill and discipline to do precision work neatly.
• 2010, Rudyard Kipling & ‎Andrew Lycett, Kipling Abroad: Traffics and Discoveries from Burma to Brazil, For one thing, they were racially neat-handed, as those are who deal in strong sunlight with wood, fibres, cane and rattan; and their fight against fever in the past had most practically taught them tidiness.