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fair-handedly en · ADV

Etymology

From fair-handed + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of fairhandedly.
    • The citizens of the state are unable to request their leader to avoid this conflict of interest because a person is always needed to make a decision on public affairs and anyone involved in the making of a decision will possibly be involved in the conflict of interest in theory unless he is a peson who has already passed away. Thus people are unabled to expect a certain person or organization to govern their state completely fair-handedly. 2013, Xing Yu, Language and State: An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization, →ISBN, page 183:

Forms

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more fair-handedly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most fair-handedly Degree=Sup lexicographic