hardhandedly

See also: hard-handedly

English

Alternative forms

• hard-handedly

Etymology

hardhanded +‎ -ly

Adverb

hardhandedly (comparative more hardhandedly, superlative most hardhandedly)

1. In a hardhanded manner; harshly and strictly.
   • 1999, Baruch Hochman, Ilja Wachs, Dickens: The Orphan Condition, page 169:

     His first stand-in parent is the sister who "brought [him] up by hand," hardhandedly flinging him like "a conjugal missile" and mauling him, physically and spiritually, at every turn.