evenhanded

[ ee-vuh n-han-did ]

/ ˈi vənˈhæn dɪd /

impartial; equitable: evenhanded justice.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1595–1605; even¹ + handed

Related formse·ven·hand·ed·ly, adverbe·ven·hand·ed·ness, noun

“We tried to be evenhanded, and Poitras is squarely on the side of Snowden,” Condon says.
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Given a screeching demagogue and an evenhanded, mild-mannered technocrat, people will always be more drawn to the former.
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To have any chance at success, Washington must end its pro-Israel favoritism in return for an evenhanded approach.
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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.
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When he starts disrupting the enemy, I will begin to concede that he can be treated—remotely—as evenhanded or worthy of praise.
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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.
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Did not evenhanded justice ere-long commend the poisoned chalice to their own lips?
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