hardhandedness

Variant of hardhanded

hardhanded definition

hard·handed (härd′han′did)

adjective

  1. having hands made hard by work
  2. severe; tyrannical; ruthless: said of a ruler or rule

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.