evenhanded
impartial; equitable: evenhanded justice.
Origin of evenhanded
1Other words from evenhanded
- e·ven·hand·ed·ly, adverb
- e·ven·hand·ed·ness, noun
Words Nearby evenhanded
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How to use evenhanded in a sentence
The remaining 17 percent of respondents were fairly evenhanded in their labels.
“We tried to be evenhanded, and Poitras is squarely on the side of Snowden,” Condon says.
Given a screeching demagogue and an evenhanded, mild-mannered technocrat, people will always be more drawn to the former.
To have any chance at success, Washington must end its pro-Israel favoritism in return for an evenhanded approach.
But here's the thing: the government's job is to be evenhanded, even with folks who don't like the job they're doing.
Yet his “all of the above” rhetoric comes off as more evenhanded and substantial than the drill- baby-drill GOP set.
How Fossil-Fuel Democrats Became An Endangered Species | Joel Kotkin | July 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the law is evenhanded; it levies an equal succession-tax on the transmission of badness as of goodness.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill JohnsonDid not evenhanded justice ere-long commend the poisoned chalice to their own lips?
Daniel Webster for Young Americans | Daniel WebsterThe Thin One settled all night disputes in the most evenhanded way.
The Dew of Their Youth | S. R. Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for even-handed
dealing fairly with all; impartial
Derived forms of even-handed
- even-handedly, adverb
- even-handedness, noun
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