ironhandedness

See also: iron-handedness and iron handedness

English

Etymology

From ironhanded +‎ -ness.

Noun

ironhandedness (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of iron-handedness.
   • 1904 March 5, “Personality of the Czar”, in The Search-light, page 222:

     He is amiable where iron[-]handedness is essential.

   • 1989, Edward Baron Turk, Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema, →ISBN, page 53:

     The actress Arletty, who feels genuine affection for Carne and believes that his ironhandedness on the set "was pure show," compares the director to conductor Herbert von Karajan, because "like von Karajan, he treats his shooting scripts like musical scores which he conducts entirely from memory ... We felt secure with him because he knew exactly what the final product was supposed to look like."