Adjective : He has a highhanded manner. From Dictionary.com.
Not just because the Windfinders were behaving more highhandedly by the hour. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of Daggers]
But history suggests that acting highhandedly with powerful senators is a bad idea. From Wordnik.com. [Blogometer] Reference
The son of the hardheaded father came out at a crisis; and not too highhandedly: he could hear an opposite argument to the end. From Wordnik.com. [The Amazing Marriage — Complete] Reference
She single-highhandedly rejuvenated the big-band genre, which fell into self-parody in the ’70s. From Wordnik.com. [The Maria Schneider Reality Show] Reference
Great folly and great injustice to use them so highhandedly, who have been her right hand and her left all this while. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Pilgrim of Hate]
Instead of answering questions about how Blair had been able to get away with so much for so long, the consensus in the newsroom was that the Times story skirted around many of the major issues -- the role of race in Blair's hiring and promotions; the lack of communication -- and in some cases, acrimony -- between desk editors at the Times; the imperious tenure of Howell Raines, and the institutional arrogance that led the paper to highhandedly correct the smallest errors while never bothering to address much larger thematic concerns about some articles. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Times Bomb] Reference
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