heav|y-hand|ed

heav|y-hand|ed
heav|y-hand|ed «HEHV ee HAN dihd», adjective.
1. clumsy of hand or touch; rude; awkward: »

heavy-handed humor. Nature's heavy-handed pruning shears slashed and tore (New York Times).

2. Figurative. treating others harshly; oppressive; cumbersome: »

... religious prints of a singular heavy-handed and literal period (New Yorker).

3. having the hands heavy, as from weariness or weakness.
4. having the hands heavily laden.
heav´y-hand´ed|ly, adverb.
heav´y-hand´ed|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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