"level-handed" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-level-handed.ogg [Australia] Forms: more level-handed [comparative], most level-handed [superlative]
Etymology: level + handed Etymology templates: {{compound|en|level|handed}} level + handed Head templates: {{en-adj}} level-handed (comparative more level-handed, superlative most level-handed)
  1. Even-handed; fair and balanced.
    Sense id: en-level-handed-en-adj-3fEDOL8F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 14 30 2 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 12 23 2 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 15 27 3 20
  2. (employment, obsolete) With work and earnings shared equally among all workers. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-level-handed-en-adj-~bHiH9GK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 14 30 2 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 15 27 3 20
  3. Even; all parties having the same amount.
    Sense id: en-level-handed-en-adj-6YJBt0oE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 14 30 2 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 15 27 3 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: levelhanded Derived forms: level-handedly, level-handedness

Adverb [English]

Audio: en-au-level-handed.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: level + handed Etymology templates: {{compound|en|level|handed}} level + handed Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} level-handed (not comparable)
  1. (employment, obsolete) With work and earnings shared equally. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
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  2. (cricket) Without a handicap. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-level-handed-en-adv-RXrdQKhs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 14 30 2 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 15 27 3 20 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: levelhanded

Alternative forms

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        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "levelhanded"
    }
  ],
  "word": "level-handed"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.