high-handedness
high-handedness noun: the state or quality of being high-handed.
Noun
high-handedness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being high-handed.
- I had had no opportunity as yet of passing on Poirot’s message to Lawrence. But now, as I strolled out on the lawn, still nursing a grudge against my friend’s high-handedness, I saw Lawrence on the croquet lawn, aimlessly knocking a couple of very ancient balls about, with a still more ancient...1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 120
high-handedness meaning in Tamil and Kannada
high-handedness in Tamil
- தான் தோன்றித் தன்மை, தன்வரம்பு மீறிய
high-handedness in Kannada
- ಸೊಕ್ಕು, ದರ್ಪ, ಲೆಕ್ಕಿಸದಿರುವುಕೆ, ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಛಾಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ, ಮನಬಂದಂತೆ ವರ್ತಿಸುವಿಕೆ
Forms of high-handedness
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Origin of high-handedness
From high-handed + -ness.
Questions about high-handedness
- What does high-handedness mean?
- High-handedness means the state or quality of being high-handed.
- What is high-handedness in Tamil?
- High-handedness in Tamil is தான் தோன்றித் தன்மை, தன்வரம்பு மீறிய. See High-handedness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is high-handedness?
- High-handedness is a noun.
Words near high-handedness in the dictionary
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