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highhanded Definition

high·handed (hī′han′did)

adjective

acting or done in an overbearing or arbitrary manner

highhanded Related Forms
high′·hand′ed·ly adverb high′·hand′ed·ness noun
highhanded Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • manner: Worse, he had behaved in exactly the kind of highhanded autocratic manner his critics had said he would.

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