Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fair-handedly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: fair-hand-ed-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of fairhandedly.

Example Sentences

"The citizens of the state are unable to request their leader to avoid this conflict of interest because a person is always needed to make a decision on public affairs and anyone involved in the making of a decision will possibly be involved in the conflict of interest in theory unless he is a peson who has already passed away. Thus people are unabled to expect a certain person or organization to govern their state completely fair-handedly."

Etymology

From fair-handed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fair-handed

Inflected Forms

more fair-handedly (comparative) most fair-handedly (superlative)

Questions

What does fair-handedly mean?: Alternative form of fairhandedly.
Where does fair-handedly come from?: From fair-handed + -ly.

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