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even-handedly

even-handedly is the alternative form of evenhandedly.

Meaning of evenhandedly

Adverb

evenhandedly (comparative more evenhandedly, superlative most evenhandedly)

  1. In an evenhanded manner.
    • Their study raises very few questions or concerns, in large part because they have so thoroughly presented their data and findings and evenhandedly assessed the evidence.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 3, in Illusion of Order

Forms of even-handedly

comparativemore even-handedly
superlativemost even-handedly

Origin of even-handedly

From even-handed + -ly.

Questions about even-handedly

What is even-handedly the alternative form of?
Even-handedly is the alternative form of evenhandedly.

Words near even-handedly in the dictionary

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

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