Adjective : a heavy-handed master. ,a heavy-handed treatment of the theme. From Dictionary.com.
She caressed his bald head, a little heavy-handedly. From Wordnik.com. [Just a Corpse at Twilight]
He did it so heavy-handedly that Rose had always known it was for her benefit. From Wordnik.com. [Some Assembly Required] Reference
We shadowed him so heavy-handedly that even Egyptians would have sensed something was amiss. From Wordnik.com. [Rogue Warrior]
If you stifle debate heavy-handedly, you create anger and you push people into the arms of extremists. From Wordnik.com. [Bringing it home] Reference
I mean, he has been riding on Wall Street really heavy-handedly for years since he was attorney general. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2008] Reference
In satire, there's a difficult line to walk between "taking X seriously" and "heavy-handedly bashing X.". From Wordnik.com. [New McCain Web Ad: "Hot Chicks Dig Obama"] Reference
Comics that tell tales that are not cheesy or heavy-handedly moralistic or obviously promote some social agenda. From Wordnik.com. [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference
The Zimbabwean government had ruled heavy-handedly for many years, intolerant of dissent and political plurality. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Some of the materials at the Center for Immigration Studies are quite biased, and clearly heavy-handedly political. From Wordnik.com. [Immigrant Walkout Monday May 1: Immigrant Walkout - Let Justice Roll Down Like a Mighty Water!] Reference
In any case, why wouldn't Hamas deal heavy-handedly with those who are trying to use the current massacre in Gaza to overthrow them?. From Wordnik.com. [Hamas move against collaborators (i.e. people not in Hamas)] Reference
"In any case, why wouldn't Hamas deal heavy-handedly with those who are trying to use the current massacre in Gaza to overthrow them?". From Wordnik.com. [Hamas move against collaborators (i.e. people not in Hamas)] Reference
He described Pallastown rather heavy-handedly, and bought some microfilm postcards to go along with his missive, as soon as he went out to mail it. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
(Things aren't helped much by exhibition designer Frank Gehry's chain-link room-within-a-room that heavy-handedly reiterates the theme of oppression.). From Wordnik.com. [Exiles On Main St.] Reference
The footage also showed that Modau was then "heavy-handedly" dragged out the car and forced to the ground where he was kneed a few times by Liebenberg. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I suppose it's okay for the government to be heavy-handedly oppressive when it comes to Muslims but not when it comes to Christians or the "free" market. From Wordnik.com. [Michael J.W. Stickings: Letting the Terrorists Win: Newt Gingrich and the 'Ground Zero Mosque'] Reference
It's a bit jarring to see it laid out so heavy-handedly; sure, in Lord of the Rings Aragorn is likewise of a noble bloodline, but this is a bit different. From Wordnik.com. [George MacDonald Completely Loses Me] Reference
The minister proposed that this movement must be broken and thinks that police should act a bit more drastically and heavy-handedly which will entail more deaths. From Wordnik.com. [African National Congress Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission] Reference
Minister proposes that this movement must be broken and thinks that police should perhaps act a bit more drastically and heavy-handedly which will entail more deaths. From Wordnik.com. [4. The National Party, Apartheid and the Anatomy of Repression in South Africa, 1948-1994] Reference
The Minister proposes that this movement must be broken and thinks that police should perhaps act a bit more drastically and heavy-handedly which will entail more deaths. From Wordnik.com. [African National Congress Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission] Reference
It's the least gratifying of these releases primarily because its retrograde message — that all women must be married to be happy — gets delivered so heavy-handedly. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Columbia Screwball Gems] Reference
But it's an uphill trudge given how sloppily and heavy-handedly the story is written this time around, and that's ignoring my HUGE problems with her cosmology/theology decisions. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast in Bed] Reference
As the donors took their places in a large ballroom with seats surrounding a stage, the Obama press team worked heavy-handedly to clear the room and halls or members of the media. From Wordnik.com. [Take Two! Obama Pitches for Hillary, Eventually] Reference
Sports leagues lose credibility by heavy-handedly changing the game. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
"That kind of power is being used now much too heavy-handedly," Hutchison said. From Wordnik.com. [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference
In retrospect, I think I did come down too heavy-handedly on computer-based methods. From Wordnik.com. [TierneyLab] Reference
Instead of heavy-handedly stepping on a language that more than an estimated 70 million. From Wordnik.com. [Taipei Times] Reference
Considering how he so heavy-handedly used it sometimes, some would say that's for the good. From Wordnik.com. [TheState.com: The Buzz] Reference
Whether light - or heavy-handedly, Gogol provided us with the picture of Russia as a troika. From Wordnik.com. [Spero News] Reference
The windows are updated, somewhat heavy-handedly, from Norman Rockwell's quaint yet charming view of the world. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
DETAILS: Former soldier Steve Atkinson 55, who said he was dealt with heavy-handedly by Dalton Police JON GRANGER REF: 50005358B001. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference
The Baxters 'show is terrible, its awfulness rendered heavy-handedly like so much else in Robert Falls's world premiere Goodman staging. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Don’t take the bait to start heavy-handedly bashing Hillary. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Don't Be Confused, I'm Serious About Ending War] Reference
They feel that it’s their site now, and that The Guardian has acted undemocratically and heavy-handedly. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Attractor » 2006 » July] Reference
People don’t want to read the papers, or at least the news in them, because they are so atrociously and heavy-handedly presented. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » How Not to Save The New York Times] Reference
"Don't play it heavy-handedly.". From Wordnik.com. ['Journey of a Thousand Miles: My Story'] Reference
"separatist" and responded heavy-handedly. From Wordnik.com. [Amnesty International News & Updates Feed] Reference
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