redhandedly
redhandedly is the alternative form of red-handedly.
Meaning of red-handedly
Adverb
red-handedly (comparative more red-handedly, superlative most red-handedly)
- Red-handed; with clear evidence of guilt.
- And even though a moment earlier he had felt guilty not to have taken Dave's anguish more to heart, Claytor found himself annoyed at being caught red-handedly dogless .2011, Robb Forman Dew, Being Polite to Hitler: A Novel, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- bang to rights, dead to rights, blameworthily, compunctiously, guiltylike, guiltily, nocently
- In a bloody and violent manner.
- A SATU fellow, trawled redhandedly following an exchange of gunfire, was ordered executed before us upon his confession of how the SATU had planned to destroy human being in the Grey stone Compound.2015, F. Shelton Gonkerwon, Dark Freedom: A Gloomy Tale of Once a War Divided Liberia, →ISBN
Forms of redhandedly
| comparative | more redhandedly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most redhandedly |
Questions about redhandedly
- What is redhandedly the alternative form of?
- Redhandedly is the alternative form of red-handedly.
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