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hard-handedly

hard-handedly is the alternative form of hardhandedly.

Meaning of hardhandedly

Adverb

hardhandedly (comparative more hardhandedly, superlative most hardhandedly)

  1. In a hardhanded manner; harshly and strictly.
    • His first stand-in parent is the sister who "brought [him] up by hand," hardhandedly flinging him like "a conjugal missile" and mauling him, physically and spiritually, at every turn.1999, Baruch Hochman, Ilja Wachs, Dickens: The Orphan Condition, page 169

Forms of hard-handedly

comparativemore hard-handedly
superlativemost hard-handedly

Questions about hard-handedly

What is hard-handedly the alternative form of?
Hard-handedly is the alternative form of hardhandedly.

Words near hard-handedly in the dictionary

  1. hard-float
  2. hard-fought
  3. hard-g
  4. hard-grained
  5. hard-handed
  6. hard-handedly
  7. hard-handedness
  8. hard-headed
  9. hard-hearted
  10. hard-heartedly
  11. hard-heartedness

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