free-handed

adj

generous or liberal; unstinting

ˌfree-ˈhandedly adv

ˌfree-ˈhandedness n

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free′-hand′ed

adj.

1. generous; liberal.

2. freehand.

adv.

3. freehand.

[1650–60]

free′-hand′ed•ly, adv.

free′-hand′ed•ness, n.

Translations

free-handed

[friːˈhændɪd] adj → generoso/a

References in classic literature ?

This tendency of his to be liberal and profuse he had acquired from having been a soldier in his youth, for the soldier's life is a school in which the niggard becomes free-handed and the free-handed prodigal; and if any soldiers are to be found who are misers, they are monsters of rare occurrence.