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    free-handed

    adjective

    • 1. generous, especially with money.

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  2. www.dictionary.com › browse › free-handedFREE-HANDED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Free-handed definition: generous; liberal.. See examples of FREE-HANDED used in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFREE HAND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Free hand means the right or authority to do anything you consider necessary, or a hand that can move freely or be used. Learn more about this phrase, its usage and synonyms from Cambridge Dictionary.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFREE-HANDED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    adverb. free-handedness. noun. Word origin. [ 1650–60] This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: cardholder, gas, oscillation, parade, pony. Examples of 'free-handed' in a sentence. free-handed.

  5. www.oed.com › dictionary › free-handed_adjfree-handed, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    The earliest known use of the adjective free-handed is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for free-handed is from 1592, in the writing of Abraham Fraunce, poet and lawyer. free-handed is formed within English, by compounding.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › free handedFREE-HANDED Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com

    What does ESCULENT mean? in excess of the normal or average. splendid; magnificent; fine. TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT. Origin of free-handed. 1. First recorded in 1650–60. Other words from free-handed. free-hand·ed·ly, adverb. free-hand·ed·ness, noun.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › freehandedFreehanded Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    adjective. free· hand· ed ˈfrē-ˈhan-dəd. Synonyms of freehanded. : generous, openhanded. freehandedly adverb. freehandedness noun. Synonyms. bighearted. bounteous. bountiful. charitable. freehearted. fulsome. generous. liberal. munificent. openhanded. unselfish. unsparing. unstinting. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › free handFree hand - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    When you have a free hand, it means you have permission to do whatever you want. When you have a free hand in the kitchen, you might prepare a gourmet meal or just a bowl of cereal.