1 not showing a sympathetic understanding of the feelings of other people:
a heavy-handed approach / manner
2 using unnecessary force:
heavy-handed police methods
3 (of a person) using too much of sth in a way that can cause damage:
Don't be too heavy-handed with the salt.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is heavy-handed a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, heavy-handed is tagged as adjective.
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