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[ ee-vuhn-han-did ] / ˈi vənˈhæn dɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR evenhanded ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveimpartial; equitable: evenhanded justice. Origin of evenhandedFirst recorded in 1595–1605; even1 + handed OTHER WORDS FROM evenhandede·ven·hand·ed·ly, adverbe·ven·hand·ed·ness, nounWords nearby evenhandedevection, Evelyn, Evemerus, even, evenfall, evenhanded, evening, evening bag, evening campion, evening class, evening dress Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for evenhanded“We tried to be evenhanded, and Poitras is squarely on the side of Snowden,” Condon says. Can Condon's Freak Show Win Broadway?|Tim Teeman|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Given a screeching demagogue and an evenhanded, mild-mannered technocrat, people will always be more drawn to the former. America’s Epidemic of Psychiatric Over-Diagnosis|Jesse Singal|June 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST To have any chance at success, Washington must end its pro-Israel favoritism in return for an evenhanded approach. Does Israel Meet The Quartet Conditions?|Yousef Munayyer|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST But here's the thing: the government's job is to be evenhanded, even with folks who don't like the job they're doing. Yes, What Happened at the IRS is a Scandal|Megan McArdle|May 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When he starts disrupting the enemy, I will begin to concede that he can be treated—remotely—as evenhanded or worthy of praise. The Fallout from WikiLeaks' Latest Exposure|Tunku Varadarajan|November 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST The Thin One settled all night disputes in the most evenhanded way. The Dew of Their Youth|S. R. Crockett But the law is evenhanded; it levies an equal succession-tax on the transmission of badness as of goodness. Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson Did not evenhanded justice ere-long commend the poisoned chalice to their own lips? Daniel Webster for Young Americans|Daniel Webster
British Dictionary definitions for evenhanded
adjectivedealing fairly with all; impartial Derived forms of even-handedeven-handedly, adverbeven-handedness, nounCollins 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 evenhandedimpartial, unbiased, fair-minded, balanced, equitable, equal, even, just, unprejudiced |