hands-down

hand-down

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hand doun]
- /hænd daʊn/
- /hænd daʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hand doun]
- /hænd daʊn/

Definitions of hands-down word

adjective hands-down easy: a hands-down victory. 1
adjective hands-down certain: a book destined to be a hands-down bestseller. 1

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Origin of hands-down

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Hands-down

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hands-down

hands-down popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.