单词 | high-handedly |
释义 | high-handedlyadv. In a high-handed manner; imperiously, autocratically. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adverb] lordlya1398 statelya1450 succudrouslyc1480 insolentlya1513 arrogantly1529 imperiously1536 rufflingly1575 stuntly1581 huffingly1611 surlily1611 swaggeringly1611 controllingly1612 surlya1616 superbly1663 dictatorially1731 huffishly1755 dictatorily1788 bounceably1838 high-handedly1867 society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > domineeringly or overbearingly masterfully1395 masterlyc1425 masterlikec1450 superciliously1528 imperiously1536 dictator-like1581 magistrallya1603 lordlily1611 Nestoriously1620 magisterially1625 magistratically1650 magisteriously1673 domineeringly1684 dictatorially1731 dictatorily1788 overbearingly1824 high-handedly1867 1867 Australia: Facts & Features xi. 260 The Minister for Lands high-handedly deprived him of his ‘run’. 1898 N. Munro John Splendid xxi. 206 Seven fugitives of the clan that had come so high-handedly through their neighbourhood. 1927 Daily Express 26 Oct. 1/2 High-handedly putting a pistol to the heads of his opponents. 1948 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.) 617 Freud..treated the findings of psychology almost as high-handedly as he did those of prehistory and culture history. 1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 109 They traded in slaves, privateered, and dealt high-handedly in real estate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1867 |
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