high-handedly

Thân thiện

The manager acted high-handedly when he dismissed the employee's suggestion.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In an overbearing, arrogant, or domineering manner: The adverb "high-handedly" describes acting with an unjustified sense of superiority and authority, without consideration for the opinions, feelings, or rights of others. It implies using power in a forceful and often unfair way.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • The manager decided high-handedly to cancel the project without consulting the team.
  • She dismissed their suggestions high-handedly, refusing to listen to any alternative ideas.

Advanced Usage

• "to act high-handedly": to behave in an imperious and autocratic way.
  • The landlord acted high-handedly by entering the apartments without notice.
• "to rule high-handedly": to govern or control in a dictatorial manner.
  • The historical dictator ruled high-handedly, suppressing all dissent.

Variants and Related Words

• High-handed (adjective): Characterized by an arrogant or domineering manner.
  • His high-handed attitude made him very unpopular.
• High-handedness (noun): The quality or state of being high-handed.
  • The employees protested against the management's high-handedness.

Synonyms

• Arrogantly: In a manner showing an offensive attitude of superiority.
• Domineeringly: In an overbearing or tyrannical way.
• Autocratically: In a manner characteristic of an absolute ruler.
• Imperiously: In a commanding or arrogant manner.

Antonyms

• Democratically: In a manner characterized by or advocating social equality.
• Humbly: In a modest or lowly manner.
• Collaboratively: In a way involving two or more people working together.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• With a heavy hand: Exercising authority in a harsh or oppressive manner (conceptually related).
  • The new regulations were enforced with a heavy hand.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a domineering high-handed manner
   • he behaved high-handedly toward his employees