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heavy-handedˌheavy-ˈhanded adjective - Irving's new novel contains too much heavy-handed symbolism.
- Penn has been criticized for his heavy-handed style of management.
- An incident with a couple of heavy-handed cops touched it off, and the riot was on.
- If a president makes heavy-handed use of the authority, Congress will find a way to take it back.
- It is no surprise that an incident involving heavy-handed policing created the spark to start a new incident.
- Newman's pained performance is a slightly heavy-handed but compelling version of the Marlon method.
- One might have thought that this was the sort of heavy-handed executive action which the Constitutional Court was in business to curb.
- The humour was heavy-handed and, in response to Simon Franks' nervous laugh, Blanche smiled politely.
- The measure passed easily, but heavy-handed government interference in the voting brought the result into question.
- The somewhat heavy-handed symbolism of the watch not withstanding, the work is a fine contemplation on death.
taking too much action or extreme action, especially without thinking about other people’s feelings: a heavy-handed style of management—heavy-handedness noun [uncountable] |