high-handed
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- high-handedly adverb
- high-handedness noun
Etymology
Origin of high-handed
First recorded in 1625–35
Example Sentences
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One official who was involved and spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid facing retribution said they were disgusted by the request’s “brazenness and the high-handed expectation of complicity.”
From Salon
Yet Bill Hodges, executive director of the Orange County division of the League of California Cities, maintains that L.A. is still high-handed when it comes to regional issues.
From Los Angeles Times
But that relationship will always be hostage to events; either a flare-up in the South China Sea, or any other act by China seen as high-handed by the Vietnamese.
From BBC
In countering misinformation, FDA also risks coming off as high-handed.
From Salon
Britain did try that divorce once, in the mid-1600s, when parliamentary forces cut off the head of the high-handed King Charles I, and replaced him with a Commonwealth led by a politician-soldier named Oliver Cromwell.
From Los Angeles Times
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