Vocabulary Word
Word: evenhanded
Definition: impartial; fair
Definition: impartial; fair
Sentences Containing 'evenhanded'
The raging agonies I suffer on the night of the Race Ball, where I know the eldest Miss Larkins will be dancing with the military, ought to have some compensation, if there be even-handed justice in the world.
Therefore, I saw that here was a sort of interregnum in Providence; for its even-handed equity never could have so gross an injustice.
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