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    free-handed

    adjective

    • 1. generous, especially with money.

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  2. a hand that can move freely or be used because it is not holding anything, touching anything, etc.: When the tool is switched on, take care to keep your free hand away from the blade. His free hand searched around for anything that could help cut the rope. Fewer examples.

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

  4. noun. ˈfrē-ˈhand. : freedom of action or decision. Synonyms. Noun. authorization. freedom. latitude. license. licence. run. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of freehand in a Sentence. Adjective She took a course in freehand drawing. Noun gave him free hand in managing the club. Recent Examples on the Web. Adjective.

  5. adjective. (also free-hand) uk / ˈfriː.hænd / us / ˈfriː.hænd / (of a drawing) done without the help of any special equipment for accurately creating circles, straight lines, symbols, etc.: a freehand sketch. These are the preliminary freehand drawings Raphael prepared for his painting.

  6. 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.

  7. free-hand·ed·ly, adverb. free-hand·ed·ness, noun. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024. How to use free-handed in a sentence. Only Rousseau was ungrateful enough to complain that Holbach's free-handed gifts insulted his poverty. Baron d'Holbach | Max Pearson Cushing.

  8. Define freehanded. freehanded synonyms, freehanded pronunciation, freehanded translation, English dictionary definition of freehanded. adj. Openhanded; generous. See Synonyms at liberal. free′hand′ed·ly adv. free′hand′ed·ness n.

  9. Jun 16, 2024 · FREEHANDED definition: generous ; openhanded | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

  10. 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.

  11. adjective. given or giving freely. “a freehanded host” synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded. generous. willing to give and share unstintingly. adjective. done by hand without mechanical aids or devices. synonyms: freehand. original.