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even-handed

even-handed is the alternative spelling of evenhanded.

Meaning of evenhanded

Adjective

evenhanded (comparative more evenhanded, superlative most evenhanded)

  1. Fair and impartial; unbiased; just.
    • The questioners are not evenhanded in dealing with the candidates.

Forms of even-handed

comparativemore even-handed
superlativemost even-handed

Words formed from even-handed

Questions about even-handed

What is even-handed the alternative spelling of?
Even-handed is the alternative spelling of evenhanded.

Words near even-handed in the dictionary

  1. even-bishops
  2. even-christian
  3. even-christians
  4. even-down
  5. even-even
  6. even-handed
  7. even-handedly
  8. even-handedness
  9. even-interval
  10. even-keel
  11. even-keeled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: even-handed (page history and authors); evenhanded (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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