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Definition of "high-handedly" [high-handedly]

  • In a high-handed manner. (adverb)

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Use "high-handedly" in a sentence
  • "Meanwhile, Rabinovitch high-handedly refused to accept nearly two thousand postcards signed by museum visitors asking for a fair settlement of the dispute."
  • "Whereas in his Edwards sit-down, Obama dug himself in deeper, getting into a fight with Elizabeth about health care, insisting that his plan is universal (a position she considers a crock), high-handedly criticizing Clinton's plan (and by extension Edwards's) for its insurance mandate."
  • "So it would be best for them to put their own houses in order before so high-handedly interfering in the settlement rights of the Jews."