iron handed
Definitions
Adjective. [B2]
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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