free-handed
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- free-handedly adverb
- free-handedness noun
Etymology
Origin of free-handed
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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The free-handed use of warming spice, the liberal use of sweetness in savoury dishes, the overflowing flavours.
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2019
Those pickup artists are a lot more free-handed about their voting habits and political enthusiasms, David Futrelle of the blog We Hunted the Mammoth told me.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2016
Evalyn Walsh McLean, Washington's late, free-handed hostess, turned out to have been a rather cautious grandmother.
From Time Magazine Archive
Into 150 new boxes, crates and barrels under her careful eye went objets d'art, china, books, whittling knives, stag antlers, desk sets, etc. etc.� symbols of a people's free-handed affection for their President.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps more fitting was a short note from one of the younger monks in the monastery: “Gentle, free-handed, and kindly....Flowers he loved.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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