单词 | heavy-handed |
释义 | heavy-handed (once / 15095 pages) adj WORD FAMILY heavy-handed USAGE EXAMPLESPolice were criticized for heavy-handed measures to break up street demonstrations. Reuters(Dec 24, 2016) It’s not too heavy-handed or even, I concede, that profound. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) The rather heavy-handed message — reinforced by Perrin’s spare, soothing narration — is clear, as war and pesticides are unleashed and animals displaced. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1adj lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands Syn bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed maladroit not adroit 2adj unjustly domineering incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies Syn roughshod domineering tending to domineer |
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