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free-handed
adjective
- generous or liberal; unstinting
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Derived Forms
- ˌfree-ˈhandedly, adverb
- ˌfree-ˈhandedness, noun
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Other Words From
- free-handed·ly adverb
- free-handed·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of free-handed1
First recorded in 1650–60
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Example Sentences
Only Rousseau was ungrateful enough to complain that Holbach's free-handed gifts insulted his poverty.
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In fact, he was so free-handed that sometimes he even gave away what really did not belong to him!
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The others, however, drew closer, leaving the place of honor to the right of the gleeman to the free-handed new-comer.
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Craps, played by these free-handed sons of the open, had more of a punch than he had imagined possible.
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Eliduc was wise and courteous, a comely knight, brave and free-handed.
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