adv
Meaning 1
In an evenhanded manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
evenhandedly
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 V AH0 N HH AE2 N D IH0 D L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- deal fairly with one another
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fairly, fair
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English evenhanded Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English evenhandedly From evenhanded + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: tasapuolisesti — in an evenhanded manner