clean-handedness
See also: cleanhandedness
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From clean-handed + -ness.
Noun
[edit]clean-handedness (uncountable)
- (chiefly UK) The quality of being clean-handed; honesty and freedom from wrong-doing.
- 2005, Lillian C Harris, Egypt: Internal Challenges and Regional Stability, →ISBN, page 54:
- All in all, the Mubarak leadership has adopted a low-key, businesslike style, and, in addition to its reputation for honesty and clean-handedness, it has been quite careful and discreet in its approach to issues and problems.