• a b
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Mobile apps
  • Help
  • ©2017 EdictFree.
    All Rights Reserved.
Vocabulary
  • Topic
Help
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy policy
Mobile apps
  • Android
  • Ios
Bright
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
    • Topic
  • Writing

Free Online Dictionary

The home of living English, with more than 820,000 words, meanings and phrases
All Properties select
District 1 District 2 District 7 More

Longman Dictionary English

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheven-handedˌeven-ˈhanded adjective FAIRgiving fair and equal treatment to everyone SYN fair He was very even-handed in the way he treated his employees.► see thesaurus at fair
Examples from the Corpus
even-handed• Doug Pray's first film is an impressively even-handed documentary on the Seattle music scene.• Would they riot or would they be relieved that an even-handed exercise had removed their tormentors?• The BBC has the reputation of being even-handed in its coverage of election news.• Second, some feel that no supply of arms to the combatants, however even-handed, is compatible with neutrality.• Local magistrates are expected to respect the law and provide even-handed justice.• Yet this exceedingly sensible system has not always been applied in an even-handed manner.• With even-handed ridicule, John Mortimer spends much of this novel making you laugh at both.• One might as well speak of even-handed socialism.• My response is, in brief, that no-supply is not more neutral than even-handed supply.• The success of Reuter's agency lay in its objectivity, speed, and even-handed treatment of clients.
ldoceonline.com
Word of day

May 08, 2025

paintbrush
noun ˈpeɪntbrʌʃ
Ad
Mobile apps

Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words.

Follow
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Find Out More
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree