fair-handed

See also: fairhanded

English

Etymology

fair +‎ handed

Adjective

fair-handed (comparative more fair-handed, superlative most fair-handed)

  1. Alternative form of fairhanded
    • 2002, Vivienne Brown, Adam Smith's Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience, →ISBN:
      In brushing aside ancient rhetoric, for example, as 'generally a very silly set of Books' (LRBL i.v.59), it is hardly presenting a fair-handed account that puts the arguments on both sides in their true light.
    • 1861, John Ward Dean, ‎John Gilmary Shea, ‎& Henry Reed Stiles, The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning The Antiquities, History and Biography of America, Volume 4, page 214:
      The portrait was that of a dark-haired, fair-handed, dark noble, with armor beside him, whereas at the age represented, Columbus was gray, weather-worn, and utterly unlike this representation.
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