Definitions
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- adverb In a
high-handed manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a domineering high-handed manner
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Examples
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Meanwhile, Rabinovitch high-handedly refused to accept nearly two thousand postcards signed by museum visitors asking for a fair settlement of the dispute.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Whereas in his Edwards sit-down, Obama dug himself in deeper, getting into a fight with Elizabeth about health care, insisting that his plan is universal (a position she considers a crock), high-handedly criticizing Clinton's plan (and by extension Edwards's) for its insurance mandate.
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A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.
Balkinization 2007
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A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.
Balkinization 2007
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A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.
Balkinization 2007
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A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.
Balkinization 2007
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A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.
Balkinization 2007
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A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.
Balkinization 2007
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So it would be best for them to put their own houses in order before so high-handedly interfering in the settlement rights of the Jews.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.
Balkinization 2007
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