Definition of Evenhanded

1. Adjective. Without partiality. "Evenhanded justice"

Similar to: Equitable, Just

Definition of Evenhanded

1. a. Fair or impartial; unbiased.

Definition of Evenhanded

1. Adjective. fair and having no partiality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Evenhanded

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Evenhanded

even skipped
even so
even spacing
even steven
even though
even up
evendown
evene
evened
evener
eveners
evenes
evenest
evenfall
evenfalls
evenhanded (current term)
evenhandedly
evenhandedness
evenhead
evenhood
evenhoods
evenin'
evening
evening-primrose family
evening-snow
evening bag
evening clothes
evening dress
evening dresses
evening glove

Literary usage of Evenhanded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Stress is laid ч[юп the virtues of truth, honesty, loyalty to the Guru and the religion, gratitude, charity to members of the faith, evenhanded justice, ..."

2. Americanism: Woodrow Wilson's Speeches on the War--why He Made Them and what by Woodrow Wilson, Oliver Marble Gale (1918)
"... evenhanded and dispassionate justice, to Germany at any time, whatever the outcome of the war, would be to renounce and dishonour our own cause. ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Equitable is a bit more likely to be applied to climate and temperament than is equable to be applied to, say, an evenhanded discussion of conflicting ..."

4. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"J. Lack of evenhanded policing Amnesty International has been concerned by the authorities' failure to ensure that policing is carried out in an evenhanded ..."

5. Images, Power, and Politics: Figurative Aspects of Esarhaddon's Babylonian by Barbara N. Porter (1993)
"To emphasize his evenhanded treatment of the two peoples even further, Esarhaddon accompanied the beginning of work on ..."

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