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hand-wringingly (comparative more hand-wringingly, superlative most hand-wringingly)

  1. Alternative spelling of handwringingly
    • 2011, Andrew Marr, A History of 20th Century Britain[1], Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
      They were sure that most British people agreed, and that the judiciary, media, campaigners and elected politicians who protested were a hand-wringingly liberal, too-fastidious minority.
    • 2016 January 7, Peter Bradshaw, “A War review – standard issue Afghan war drama”, in the Guardian[2], →ISSN:
      Standard-issue liberal guilt and hand-wringingly uninteresting dilemmas are the order of the day, with no real surprises or challenges.