ironhandedly
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See also: iron-handedly and iron handedly
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ironhanded + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]ironhandedly (comparative more ironhandedly, superlative most ironhandedly)
- In an ironhanded manner; strictly and harshly.
- 2005, Marc Simmons, New Mexico Mavericks: Stories from a Fabled Past, →ISBN, page 51:
- A large, genial woman, she ruled the fort kitchen and its Indian helpers ironhandedly. Within her own domain, no one trifled with Charlotte Green.