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Synonyms & Antonyms of heavy-handed
1
given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint
- the new manager's heavy-handed approach soon had employees turning in their letters of resignation
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2
lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands
- felt heavy-handed and awkward when holding the newborn infant
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- awkward,
- butterfingered,
- cack-handed
- [British],
- clumsy,
- graceless,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- handless,
- left-handed,
- maladroit,
- unhandy
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- deft,
- dexterous
- (also dextrous),
- handy,
- sure-handed
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The first known use of heavy-handed was in 1647
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