Fairhanded
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Fairhanded is an adjective meaning Evenhanded, unbiased, just; treating all equally.
Meaning
Evenhanded, unbiased, just; treating all equally.
More Meanings
- (archaic or poetic) Beautiful and delicate.
Example Sentences
Fairhanded Spring unbosoms every grace, Throws out the snowdrop and the crocus first, The daisy, primrose, violet darkly blue.
A compensation program must be viewed by the participating physicians as being fairhanded in its distribution of the income produced.
C. Jay Parkinson, now chairman of Anaconda, politely registered his frustration to Lee's Adler, expressing his concern "about the fact that the papers are not always giving a balanced and fairhanded picture concerning ecological problems and their practical solutions, nor in the field of trying to improve the political and industrial climate to promote industrial enterprise."
We landed at a flight of half-ruined steps, which, still in their decay, reminded one of many a scene of the past-of many a clocked silk stocking exposed as the stiff brocade was for a moment lifted by some fairhanded “quality” debarking from her gilded barge (with black page and poodle in attendance), beneath the gigantic poplar-trees which still throw their long shadows over the water.
Word Forms
- fair-handed
Synonyms for fairhanded
Depending on context, synonyms include equitable, neutral, candid, cold, clinical, detached.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include equitable, equal, fair, level, even-minded, fairgoing.
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