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—evenhandedly, adv. —evenhandedness, n./ee"veuhn han"did/, adj.impartial; equitable: evenhanded justice.[1595-1605; EVEN + HANDED]
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Evenhanded — E ven*hand ed, a. Fair or impartial; unbiased. Evenhanded justice. Shak. {E ven*hand ed*ly}, adv. {E ven*hand ed*ness}, n. Froude. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
evenhanded — I adjective detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equal, equitable, fair, fair minded, impartial, indifferent, just, neutral, objective, proper, scrupulous, unbiased, unbribed, unchallengeable, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, unprejudiced, upright,… … Law dictionary
evenhanded — c.1600, from EVEN (Cf. even) (adj.) + HAND (Cf. hand) … Etymology dictionary
evenhanded — [ē′vənhan΄did] adj. impartial; fair; just … English World dictionary
evenhanded — adjective for reasons we have yet to analyze, our older teachers are far more evenhanded than the younger ones Syn: fair, just, equitable, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, nonpartisan, nondiscriminatory; disinterested, detached, objective,… … Thesaurus of popular words
evenhanded — adjective without partiality evenhanded justice • Similar to: ↑equitable, ↑just … Useful english dictionary
evenhanded justice — index fairness, right (righteousness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
evenhanded — adjective Date: 1605 fair, impartial • evenhandedly adverb • evenhandedness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
evenhanded — adjective fair and having no partiality … Wiktionary
evenhanded — Synonyms and related words: balanced, defensible, deserved, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, due, equitable, even, fair, fair and square, fit, good, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal, level,… … Moby Thesaurus
