Ironhandedness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ironhandedness is a noun meaning Alternative form of iron-handedness.
Meaning
Alternative form of iron-handedness.
Example Sentences
He is amiable where iron[-]handedness is essential.
The actress Arletty, who feels genuine affection for Carne and believes that his ironhandedness on the set "was pure show," compares the director to conductor Herbert von Karajan, because "like von Karajan, he treats his shooting scripts like musical scores which he conducts entirely from memory ... We felt secure with him because he knew exactly what the final product was supposed to look like."
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hard-handedness, under-handedness, cackhandedness, back-handedness, bare-handedness, doublehandedness.
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