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heavy-handed definition
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Overview of adj heavy-handed The adj heavy-handed has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed -- (not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse) 2. heavy-handed, roughshod -- (unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition") Antonyms of adj heavy-handed 2 senses of heavy-handed Sense 1 bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed INDIRECT (VIA maladroit) -> adroit Sense 2 heavy-handed, roughshod INDIRECT (VIA domineering) -> submissive Similarity of adj heavy-handed 2 senses of heavy-handed Sense 1 bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed => maladroit (vs. adroit) Sense 2 heavy-handed, roughshod => domineering (vs. submissive) Attributes of adj heavy-handed Familiarity of adj heavy-handed heavy-handed used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj heavy-handed heavy-handed Overview of adj heavy-handed The adj heavy-handed has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed -- (not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse) 2. heavy-handed, roughshod -- (unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition")
heavy-handed definition
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