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heavy-handed
[ hev-ee-han-did ]
/ ËhÉv iËhĂŠn dÉȘd /
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adjective
oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
clumsy; graceless: a heavy-handed treatment of the theme.
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Origin of heavy-handed
First recorded in 1625â35
OTHER WORDS FROM heavy-handed
heav·y-hand·ed·ly, adverbheav·y-hand·ed·ness, nounWords nearby heavy-handed
heavy-duty,
heavy earth,
heavy eye,
heavy-footed,
heavy going,
heavy-handed,
heavy hand, with a,
heavy-hearted,
heavy heart, with a,
heavy hitter,
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How to use heavy-handed in a sentence
The clichés about football-obsessed husbands and frustrated wives are pretty heavy-handed.
âThere is a heavy security presence but nothing has changed,â agrees Father Javier.
The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.
âJSwipe is currently under heavy load,â flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.
Some âhanging judgesâ have handed down hundreds of death sentences at a time.
The policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.
Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
Hunter-Weston despite his heavy losses will be advancing to-morrow which should divert pressure from you.
Heavy firing continued all that afternoon, inflicting great loss on the rebels, whilst the Spaniards lost one soldier.
British Dictionary definitions for heavy-handed
adjective
clumsy
harsh and oppressive
Derived forms of heavy-handed
heavy-handedly, adverbheavy-handedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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