Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ironhandedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: iron-hand-ed-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of iron-handedness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He is amiable where iron[-]handedness is essential."
"The actress Arletty, who feels genuine affection for Carne and believes that his ironhandedness on the set "was pure show," compares the director to conductor Herbert von Karajan, because "like von Karajan, he treats his shooting scripts like musical scores which he conducts entirely from memory ... We felt secure with him because he knew exactly what the final product was supposed to look like.""

Etymology

From ironhanded + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ironhanded

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does ironhandedness mean?: Alternative form of iron-handedness.
Where does ironhandedness come from?: From ironhanded + -ness.

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