‘But when he high-handedly dismissed chunks of Tchaikovsky's freshly completed Fourth Symphony as ‘just ballet music’, an indignant Tchaikovsky retorted, ‘What on earth's wrong with that?’’
‘I am surprised that an organisation as big as the archdiocese did not wait until planning permission was granted, and has behaved so high-handedly and ignored the council.’
‘I went over to see the IT manager in his lair and, as high-handedly as possible, told him that my keyboard wasn't working and could he perhaps find me another one, so that I could do my job.’
‘The Guardianship Council had better be careful about acting too high-handedly.’
‘He was high-handedly dismissive of American film in general (‘There is always someone announcing that the American movie has come of age’).’
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