high-handed
adjective
condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary.
high-handedly
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a word derived from
high-handed.
Example Sentences
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Geoengineering experiments carried out high-handedly or without due respect for sensible concerns would be damaging.
From Economist ● Dec. 11, 2014
For three decades Premier Hun Sen has ruled the nation high-handedly.
From Forbes ● Oct. 27, 2014
But to Joan, it’s just another man high-handedly taking away her agency and expecting to be thanked for it.
From Time ● May 7, 2013
The upshot is that the Senate report and the hearing show that JP Morgan treated its regulators high-handedly.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2013
Well, she had doubtless carried things off high-handedly more than once.
From The Genius by Margaret Horton Potter
