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high-handedly

adv. In a high-handed manner.

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high-handedly

adv. in a domineering high-handed manner; "he behaved high-handedly toward his employees"

Usage examples of "high-handedly".

In a way, he had acted as high-handedly as when he had swept her off the deck of the Arrow, displaying a little of the same impatience—or so she thought.

The drivers of other vehicles treated obstruction just as high-handedly, but our dire team made the other carters and wainsmen rein up.

When the Avtokrator hears of how you high-handedly jerked me out of that meeting with the eminent Themistios, logothete of petitions, and how he stared as you did so, his Majesty will—"