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English adjective: heavy-handed | |||
| 1. | heavy-handed lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands | ||
| Samples | A bumbling mechanic. A bungling performance. Ham-handed governmental interference. Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature. | ||
| Synonyms | bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, left-handed | ||
| Similar | maladroit | ||
| Antonyms | adroit | ||
| 2. | heavy-handed unjustly domineering | ||
| Samples | Incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies. A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition. | ||
| Synonyms | roughshod | ||
| Similar | domineering | ||
| Antonyms | submissive | ||
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