iron-handedly
See also: ironhandedly and iron handedly
English
editAdverb
editiron-handedly (comparative more iron-handedly, superlative most iron-handedly)
- Alternative form of ironhandedly
- 2014, Mary Lu Tyndall, The Redemption, →ISBN:
- He ran his ship a bit more iron-handedly than other pirate captains did. The articles he made his crew sign—which included the exact percentage each man would receive of the treasure captured—demanded stricter rules of decorum and propriety than normally seen among pirate crews.