evenhanded

[ ee-vuh n-han-did ]

/ ˈi vənˈhæn dɪd /

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adjective

impartial; equitable: evenhanded justice.

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Origin of evenhanded

First recorded in 1595–1605; even¹ + handed

OTHER WORDS FROM evenhanded

e·ven·hand·ed·ly, adverbe·ven·hand·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby evenhanded

even-minded, even-steven, even-tempered, even-toed ungulate, evenfall, evenhanded, evening, evening bag, evening campion, evening class, evening dress

Example sentences from the Web for evenhanded

“We tried to be evenhanded, and Poitras is squarely on the side of Snowden,” Condon says.
Can Condon's Freak Show Win Broadway?|Tim Teeman|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Given a screeching demagogue and an evenhanded, mild-mannered technocrat, people will always be more drawn to the former.
America’s Epidemic of Psychiatric Over-Diagnosis|Jesse Singal|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To have any chance at success, Washington must end its pro-Israel favoritism in return for an evenhanded approach.
Does Israel Meet The Quartet Conditions?|Yousef Munayyer|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But here's the thing: the government's job is to be evenhanded, even with folks who don't like the job they're doing.
Yes, What Happened at the IRS is a Scandal|Megan McArdle|May 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST

When he starts disrupting the enemy, I will begin to concede that he can be treated—remotely—as evenhanded or worthy of praise.
The Fallout from WikiLeaks' Latest Exposure|Tunku Varadarajan|November 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The Thin One settled all night disputes in the most evenhanded way.
The Dew of Their Youth|S. R. Crockett
But the law is evenhanded; it levies an equal succession-tax on the transmission of badness as of goodness.
Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
Did not evenhanded justice ere-long commend the poisoned chalice to their own lips?
Daniel Webster for Young Americans|Daniel Webster