evenhanded

[ ee-vuhn-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

evection, Evelyn, Evemerus, even, evenfall, evenhanded, evening, evening bag, evening campion, evening class, evening dress

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How to use evenhanded in a sentence

The remaining 17 percent of respondents were fairly evenhanded in their labels.
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“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.
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
Yet his “all of the above” rhetoric comes off as more evenhanded and substantial than the drill- baby-drill GOP set.
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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
The Thin One settled all night disputes in the most evenhanded way.
The Dew of Their Youth|S. R. Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for evenhanded

even-handed

adjective

dealing fairly with all; impartial

Derived forms of even-handed

even-handedly, adverbeven-handedness, noun

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