HEAVY-HANDED as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands
   Synonym(s)
   • bumbling (what does bumbling mean?)
   • bungling (what does bungling mean?)
   • butterfingered (what does butterfingered mean?)
   • ham-fisted (what does ham-fisted mean?)
   • ham-handed (what does ham-handed mean?)
   • handless (what does handless mean?)
   • left-handed (what does left-handed mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a bumbling mechanic
   • a bungling performance
   • ham-handed governmental interference
   • could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature- Mary H. Vorse
   Similar To
   • maladroit (what does maladroit mean?)
2. Meaning
   • unjustly domineering
   Synonym(s)
   • roughshod (what does roughshod mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • incensed at the government’’s heavy-handed economic economic policies
   • a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
   Similar To
   • domineering (what does domineering mean?)