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iron-handedly

iron-handedly is the alternative form of ironhandedly.

Meaning of ironhandedly

Adverb

ironhandedly (comparative more ironhandedly, superlative most ironhandedly)

  1. In an ironhanded manner; strictly and harshly.
    • A large, genial woman, she ruled the fort kitchen and its Indian helpers ironhandedly. Within her own domain, no one trifled with Charlotte Green.2005, Marc Simmons, New Mexico Mavericks: Stories from a Fabled Past, →ISBN, page 51

Forms of iron-handedly

comparativemore iron-handedly
superlativemost iron-handedly

Questions about iron-handedly

What is iron-handedly the alternative form of?
Iron-handedly is the alternative form of ironhandedly.

Words near iron-handedly in the dictionary

  1. iron-fisted
  2. iron-fistedness
  3. iron-gall ink
  4. iron-gall inks
  5. iron-handed
  6. iron-handedly
  7. iron-handedness
  8. iron-hearted
  9. iron-heartedness
  10. iron-montmorillonite
  11. iron-ore

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