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highhandedness

highhandedness is the alternative form of high-handedness.

Meaning of high-handedness

Noun

high-handedness (uncountable)

  1. 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

Origin of highhandedness

From highhanded + -ness.

Questions about highhandedness

What is highhandedness the alternative form of?
Highhandedness is the alternative form of high-handedness.

Words near highhandedness in the dictionary

  1. Highgate resin
  2. highgates
  3. Highgrove
  4. highhanded
  5. highhandedly
  6. highhandedness
  7. highhearted
  8. highheartedly
  9. highheartedness
  10. highing
  11. highish

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