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ironhandedness

ironhandedness is the alternative form of iron-handedness.

Meaning of iron-handedness

Noun

iron-handedness (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of heavy-handedness: the property or state of being iron-handed.
    • In actions opening the Normandy invasion, American paratroopers suffered their first encounterwith SS iron-handedness, and later at Bayeux the 12th SS Panzer Division shot down forty British and Canadian prisoners of war.2013, Gerald Linderman, The World within War, →ISBN

Origin of ironhandedness

From ironhanded + -ness.

Questions about ironhandedness

What is ironhandedness the alternative form of?
Ironhandedness is the alternative form of iron-handedness.

Words near ironhandedness in the dictionary

  1. ironfounders
  2. ironfounding
  3. Irongray
  4. ironhanded
  5. ironhandedly
  6. ironhandedness
  7. ironhead
  8. ironheads
  9. ironhearted
  10. ironheartedness
  11. Ironia

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