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iron handed

iron handed is the misspelling of iron-handed.

Meaning of iron-handed

Adjective

iron-handed (comparative more iron-handed, superlative most iron-handed)

  1. (derogatory) Strict and dictatorial, exercising firm ruthless control.
    • Here I am not primarily concerned with the long-term effects of such separation, about which the advocates of iron-handed rule in Poland have always written with great glee.2010, Michael Bernhard, Henryk Szlajfer, From the Polish Underground: Selections from Krytyka, 1978-1993, →ISBN, page 89
    Synonyms:
    bossy

Forms of iron handed

comparativemore iron handed
superlativemost iron handed

Words formed from iron handed

Questions about iron handed

What is iron handed the misspelling of?
Iron handed is the misspelling of iron-handed.

Words near iron handed in the dictionary

  1. Iron Guardist
  2. Iron Guardists
  3. iron gum
  4. iron gums
  5. iron hand
  6. iron handed
  7. iron handedly
  8. iron handedness
  9. iron hands
  10. iron harvest
  11. iron harvests

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