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heavy-handedly

heavy-handedly adverb: in a heavy-handed manner.

Adverb

heavy-handedly (comparative more heavy-handedly, superlative most heavy-handedly)

  1. In a heavy-handed manner.

Forms of heavy-handedly

comparativemore heavy-handedly
superlativemost heavy-handedly

Origin of heavy-handedly

From heavy-handed + -ly.

Questions about heavy-handedly

What does heavy-handedly mean?
Heavy-handedly means in a heavy-handed manner.
What part of speech is heavy-handedly?
Heavy-handedly is an adverb.

Words near heavy-handedly in the dictionary

  1. heavy-footed moas
  2. heavy-footing
  3. heavy-foots
  4. heavy-half
  5. heavy-handed
  6. heavy-handedly
  7. heavy-handedness
  8. heavy-headed
  9. heavy-hearted
  10. heavy-heartedly
  11. heavy-heartedness

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