Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iron handed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: iron hand-ed
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Misspelling of iron-handed.

Example Sentences

"The next consequence that will attend the adoption of this Constitution is, that from the ruins of the State Governments, will be produced one consolidated Government, which, from the nature of things, will be an iron handed despotism."
"This consolidated Government will be an iron handed despotism."
"But to think that in his heyday, that sweet, pathetic old man had been quite the iron handed hierarch; hated and feared by all those who fell subject to his purview."

Inflected Forms

more iron handed (comparative) most iron handed (superlative)

Phrases

iron handedness

Questions

What does iron handed mean?: Misspelling of iron-handed.

How to pronounce iron handed

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