• Fair-handed

    Origin

    fair + handed

    Full definition of fair-handed

    Adjective

    fair-handed

      • 2002 , Vivienne Brown , Adam Smith's Discourse: Canonicity, Commerce and Conscience , 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 , 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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