lack of favoritism toward one side or another. we trust the evenhandedness of our marriage counselor implicitly.

What does it mean to be even-handed?

Evenhanded means fair to all sides. If your essay is evenhanded, it should look at both sides of an argument, without showing preference for one side or the other. ... Of course, you're not really talking about hands — you're talking about sides of an arguments, or siblings splitting a cookie.

What does evenhandedly mean?

regional note: in AM, also use evenhanded. adjective. If someone is even-handed, they are completely fair, especially when they are judging other people or dealing with two groups of people.