high-handedness

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high-handedness

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From high-handed + -ness.

noun highhandedness

  1. uncountable The state or quality of being high-handed. I had had no opportunity as yet of passing on Poirot’s message to Lawrence. But now, as I strolled out on the lawn, still nursing a grudge against my friend’s high-handedness, I saw Lawrence on the croquet lawn, aimlessly knocking a couple of very ancient balls about, with a still more ancient malle

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@misc{high_handedness_2026,
  title = {high-handedness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/high-handedness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}