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Meanings of cavalier in English
Royalist supporter during and following the English Civil War.
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Examples for "high-handed"
Examples for "high-handed"
1
The crowd detected something humorous in my high-handed sentence and laughed sarcastically.
2
Their destitution was due fully to the high-handed plunder of the city.
3
No such high-handed measures are advocated here with regard to the sparrow.
4
It's this high-handed brand of yobbishness that has drawn most public opprobrium.
5
Perhaps Nina suspected that something about his high-handed domestic readjusting was unusual.
Usage of cavalier in English
1
With such cavalier methods, I have made short work of the task.
2
The recipient said the board was guilty of cavalier handling of information.
3
It has held a light to executive power, and found it cavalier.
4
Everyone had become cavalier about risks in this raging bull credit market.
5
It was De Ganache; but how changed from the once brilliant cavalier.
6
Where patience and precision were required, individuals chose the more cavalier approach.
7
The cavalier took but little notice of the company or the entertainment.
8
Marian immediately transferred the long-hoarded treasure into the hands of the cavalier.
9
Sir, - The cavalier attitude among the authorities towards knives is inexcusable.
10
He met Gisela in the lecture room and immediately became her cavalier.
11
I'm also very concerned with your cavalier attitude toward the lieutenant's direction.
12
And then, in the afternoon, you had another cavalier along the beaches.
13
That cavalier attitude has sparked nightly pot-banging protests and daily media condemnations.
14
I was an inexperienced youth, and the cavalier was adroit in questioning.
15
There have been occasions in medical history where researchers were more cavalier.
16
A deep and melancholy shade settled over the face of the cavalier.
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Translations for cavalier
Russian
Catalan
Cavalier through the time
Cavalier across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common