swift-handed

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Characterized by quick, skillful movements of the hands.

   “Then as they fought on foot, fast and fiercely with their swords, Tristrem, being sorely wounded in the thigh, grew well-nigh mad with pain, and with one swift-handed heavy stroke cleft Moraunt's helmet to his skull, breaking the sword-point in his brain.”

2. sıfat Quick to respond or react.

   “So, in this country, corruption or maladministration in judicial procedure would be followed by swift-handed retribution”