Meanings
comparative more hand-wringingly · superlative most hand-wringingly
- alternativeAlternative spelling of handwringingly.
Standard-issue liberal guilt and hand-wringingly uninteresting dilemmas are the order of the day, with no real surprises or challenges.
2016 January 7, Peter Bradshaw, “A War review – standard issue Afghan war drama”, in the Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
They were sure that most British people agreed, and that the judiciary, media, campaigners and elected politicians who protested were a hand-wringingly liberal, too-fastidious minority.
2011, Andrew Marr, A History of 20th Century Britain, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN
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