hardhandedly

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

hardhanded +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

hardhandedly (comparative more hardhandedly, superlative most hardhandedly)

  1. In a hardhanded manner; harshly and strictly.
    • 1999, Baruch Hochman, Ilja Wachs, Dickens: The Orphan Condition, page 169:
      His first stand-in parent is the sister who "brought [him] up by hand," hardhandedly flinging him like "a conjugal missile" and mauling him, physically and spiritually, at every turn.
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