high-handedly

adverb

In a high-handed manner.

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Meanings

adverbhigh-handedly (comparative more high-handedly, superlative most high-handedly)

comparative more high-handedly · superlative most high-handedly

  1. In a high-handed manner.

    "May heaven," answered Ulysses, "requite to them the wickedness with which they deal high-handedly in another man's house without any sense of shame."

    1900, Samuel Butler, transl. The Odyssey, Book XX., page 267

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
autocratically

Origin

From high-handed + -ly.

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APA

high-handedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-handedly

MLA

“high-handedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-handedly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “high-handedly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-handedly.

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