English Dictionary

heavyhanded

adj

Clumsy / Excessive / Lacking subtlety / Overbearing / Using excessive force

He is known for his heavyhanded approach to solving problems.

意味（1）

Clumsy

Fuso also had a thing when holding things – at times they just fell off and broke, the reason why he prefered using china and glasses at the table and he never held newborn babies.[…]Fuso didn't consider himselft clumsy though, heavyhanded was a more acceptable word.

意味（2）

Excessive

Jordan Bartel of the Chicago Tribune named the chapter a timeless and saw a feasible Emmy recommendation for Vincent Kartheiser, however sensed the kitchenette sink allegorism and finishing voiceover was a itty-bitty heavyhanded.

意味（3）

Lacking subtlety

Its ending is heavyhanded: the main character turns and addresses the audience--and it's made clear he's talking specifically to the black audience only--and tells them to "wake up.

意味（4）

Overbearing

The heavyhanded loyalty oath and affidavit requirements of the NDEA fellowships have received a great deal of publicity, but the real coercive effect of NDEA on graduate education has little to do with such know-nothing excrescences.

意味（5）

Using excessive force

The British army, on the other hand, was recruited from the lowest rungs of English society—three British regiments in the American Revolution were composed entirely of reprieved criminals—and its heavyhanded sergeants instantly and severely disciplined insubordinates.