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adjective oppressive; harsh:a heavy-handed master.
clumsy; graceless: a heavy-handed treatment of the theme.
Origin of heavy-handed First recorded in 1625–35
OTHER WORDS FROM heavy-handed heav·y-hand·ed·ly, adverb heav·y-hand·ed·ness, noun Words nearby heavy-handed heavy-duty, heavy earth, heavy eye, heavy-footed, heavy going, heavy-handed , heavy hand, with a, heavy-hearted, heavy heart, with a, heavy hitter, heavy hydrogen
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Example sentences from the Web for heavy-handed So was the importance of protest itself, which he vowed to protect from the heavy-handed policies employed by his predecessors.
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Heavy-handed police work like that carried out by Burge and, apparently, Evans, gets results.
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She said Mars Hill “engages in heavy-handed discipline through a hierarchical structure.”
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The shooting of Michael Brown and the heavy-handed response by the police that followed has struck a nerve among Muslims.
Michael Brown, Gaza, and Muslim Americans | Dean Obeidallah| August 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The whole scene is so awash with heavy-handed religious imagery you can probably just skip church on Sunday.
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"If Happy's ghost don't git to playin' music too much," he added with his heavy-handed wit.
The Flying U's Last Stand | B. M. Bower
Sometimes he indulges in pure clowning, which is humorous in a heavy-handed way.
The Vagabond in Literature | Arthur Rickett
Argyll's heavy-handed management of that election is the subject of Defoe's Atalantis Major.
Atalantis Major | Daniel Defoe
John, being the heavy-faced and heavy-handed man, shut the door.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days | Arnold Bennett
And doubtless it was the cardinal's heavy-handed dealing with Fra Tomasso that had provoked this particular sermon.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel | Robert Shea
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British Dictionary definitions for heavy-handed adjective clumsy
harsh and oppressive
Derived forms of heavy-handed heavy-handedly , adverb heavy-handedness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to heavy-handed coercive, cruel, harsh, oppressive, clumsy, inept, severe, graceless, unskillful, bumbling