high-handedly

1. 1.

   in a domineering high-handed manner

   “he behaved high-handedly toward his employees”

Questions about high-handedly

What does high-handedly mean?

high-handedly means "in a domineering high-handed manner".

How many syllables are in high-handedly?

high-handedly has 4 syllables and divides as high--han-ded-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is high-handedly a common word?

high-handedly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.