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fair-handed en · ADJ

Etymology

From fair + handed.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of fairhanded.
   alt of fairhanded
   • The portrait was that of a dark-haired, fair-handed, dark noble, with armor beside him, whereas at the age represented, Columbus was gray, weather-worn, and utterly unlike this representation. 1861, John Ward Dean, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning The Antiquities, History and Biography of America, Volume 4, page 214:
   • In brushing aside ancient rhetoric, for example, as 'generally a very silly set of Books' (LRBL i.v.59), it is hardly presenting a fair-handed account that puts the arguments on both sides in their true light. 2002, Vivienne Brown, Adam Smith's Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

fair-handedness · fair-handedly