Complete Definition of "heavy-handed"

English

Adjective
en-adj|pos=heavy-handed

  1. excessive|Excessive.

#:Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.

  1. extreme|Extreme; unnecessarily forceful.

#:They issued a heavy-handed new censorship law.

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