fair-handed

See also: fairhanded

English

Etymology

From 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.