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  • adverb In a high-handed manner.

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  • adverb in a domineering high-handed manner

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Examples

  • Meanwhile, Rabinovitch high-handedly refused to accept nearly two thousand postcards signed by museum visitors asking for a fair settlement of the dispute.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • Whereas in his Edwards sit-down, Obama dug himself in deeper, getting into a fight with Elizabeth about health care, insisting that his plan is universal (a position she considers a crock), high-handedly criticizing Clinton's plan (and by extension Edwards's) for its insurance mandate.

    Obama Diplomacy? - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.

    Balkinization 2007

  • A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.

    Balkinization 2007

  • A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.

    Balkinization 2007

  • A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.

    Balkinization 2007

  • A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.

    Balkinization 2007

  • A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.

    Balkinization 2007

  • So it would be best for them to put their own houses in order before so high-handedly interfering in the settlement rights of the Jews.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • A majority of the Court believed that the Bush Administration was acting arbitrarily and high-handedly in its attitudes about global warming.

    Balkinization 2007

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