even-handed

even-handed
ADJ-GRADED
If someone is even-handed, they are completely fair, especially when they are judging other people or dealing with two groups of people.

...an even-handed approach to the war on drugs...

The administration wants to ensure the meetings appear evenhanded.

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even-handedly ADV-GRADED ADV with v

He insists that the police are acting even-handedly.

even-handedness N-UNCOUNT

...the carefully modulated even-handedness which is the hallmark of the Queen's public utterances.

(in AM, also use evenhanded)

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  • even-handed — adj giving fair and equal treatment to everyone ▪ He was very even handed in the way he treated his employees …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • even-handed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ fair and impartial. DERIVATIVES even handedly adverb even handedness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • even-handed — index dispassionate, unprejudiced Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • even-handed — [adj] fair aboveboard, balanced, disinterested, equitable, honest, honorable, impartial, just, neutral, nonpartisan, objective, on the level*, on the up and up*, reasonable, square, straight, unbiased, unprejudiced, upright, virtuous; concept 542 …   New thesaurus

  • even-handed — /ˈivən hændəd/ (say eevuhn handuhd) adjective impartial; equitable: even handed justice. –even handedness, noun –even handedly, adverb …  

  • even-handed — adjective giving fair and equal treatment to everyone; impartial: even handed justice even handedly adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • even-handed — adjective Treating fairly. The questioners are not even handed in dealing with the candidates. Syn: impartial, unbiased, fair …   Wiktionary

  • even-handed — adjective fair and impartial. Derivatives even handedly adverb even handedness noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • even-handed — adj. impartial, fair. Derivatives: even handedly adv. even handedness n …   Useful english dictionary

  • even-handed — adj impartial, equitable, neutral, taking no sides; scrupulous, honorable, incorrupt. See even(def.7) …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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