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mob-handedly

mob-handedly is the alternative form of mob-handed.

Meaning of mob-handed

Adverb

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

  1. (UK) As a member of a group, especially one with violent or threatening intent.
    • The forces of the law waded in mob-handed when, it seems, they ought to have applied a lighter, more consensual touch.2014 September 5, Boyd Tonkin, “Ashya King showed we still don’t know the limits of liberty”, in The Independent

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Forms of mob-handedly

comparativemore mob-handedly
superlativemost mob-handedly

Origin of mob-handedly

From mob-handed + -ly.

Questions about mob-handedly

What is mob-handedly the alternative form of?
Mob-handedly is the alternative form of mob-handed.

Words near mob-handedly in the dictionary

  1. mob stocking
  2. mob up
  3. mob wife
  4. mob wives
  5. mob-handed
  6. mob-handedly
  7. mob-handedness
  8. MOBA
  9. mobad
  10. mobads
  11. MOBAs

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