Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a high-handed manner.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word highhandedly.

Examples

  • I know that writers I had edited highhandedly were watching me, waiting for a pratfall.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • I know that writers I had edited highhandedly were watching me, waiting for a pratfall.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • I know that writers I had edited highhandedly were watching me, waiting for a pratfall.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • I know that writers I had edited highhandedly were watching me, waiting for a pratfall.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • Not just because the Windfinders were behaving more highhandedly by the hour.

    The Path of Daggers Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1998

  • The Rifles had captured these Americans, had done it without bloodshed to either side, and they felt bitterly that the Navy should so highhandedly decide to execute opponents whose only fault had been to fight with unrealistic hopes.

    Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987

  • The son of the hardheaded father came out at a crisis; and not too highhandedly: he could hear an opposite argument to the end.

    The Amazing Marriage — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868

  • The son of the hardheaded father came out at a crisis; and not too highhandedly: he could hear an opposite argument to the end.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • The son of the hardheaded father came out at a crisis; and not too highhandedly: he could hear an opposite argument to the end.

    The Amazing Marriage — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Instead, Reid is shooting himself and Senate Democrats in the foot by highhandedly and illegally spurning

    Oh!pinion 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.