handholdy
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Meaning · English
Tending to hold someone's hand ("to guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details"); overly tutorialized or railroaded.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “handholdy” mean?
Tending to hold someone's hand ("to guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details"); overly tutorialized or railroaded.
Is “handholdy” formal or informal?
handholdy is generally slang.