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Meaning of red-handedly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Red-handed; with clear evidence of guilt.
  2. In a bloody and violent manner.

Examples

“And even though a moment earlier he had felt guilty not to have taken Dave's anguish more to heart, Claytor found himself annoyed at being caught red-handedly dogless .”
“But even though she red-handedly catches them, Jason doubts that she would punish Kayla.”
“This convinced the ARVNs that they had caught VC looters red-handedly stealing from the PX.”
“A SATU fellow, trawled redhandedly following an exchange of gunfire, was ordered executed before us upon his confession of how the SATU had planned to destroy human being in the Grey stone Compound.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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