clean-handedly en · ADV
Etymology
From clean-handed + -ly.
Meanings
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In a clean-handed manner; honestly and forthrightly.
The notion that the Sabra fights clean-handedly a morally justified war and that Jewish combatants are ever better than any of their opponents, emerges with striking clarity from the chronicles of the 1948 Convoy of the Thirty-five event.
2013, Eyal Lewin, Ethos Clash in Israeli Society, →ISBN, page 130:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cleanhandedly | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more clean-handedly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most clean-handedly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |