evenhanded

[ee-vuhn-han-did]

adjective

1. impartial; equitable.

   evenhanded justice.

Other Word Forms

• evenhandedly adverb
• evenhandedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of evenhanded¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; even ¹ + handed

Example Sentences

It also boasts one of the most evenhanded depictions of queerness shown in superhero movies and TV series.

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Vullo, to demonstrate it can be evenhanded and will not play politics with the First Amendment.

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Although tensions on the Middle East have ebbed and flowed, the successful Camp David negotiation won acclaim among Israelis and Arabs alike, who praised it as an evenhanded approach from the U.S.

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“Merciless,” like its predecessors, is full of sound and fury, signifying much that Ice finds wrong with the world, his evenhanded, intelligent opinions writ loudly, if graphically.

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CNN’s four-part series “The Many Lives of Martha Stewart,” which aired in January, is probably the most comprehensive and evenhanded dissection of Stewart’s life and career to date that doesn’t include her voice.

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Related Words

• balanced 
• equitable 
• fair-minded 
• impartial 
• unbiased