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Definition of Freehanded
1. Adjective. Done by hand without mechanical aids or devices. "A freehand drawing"
2. Adjective. Given or giving freely. "Her fond and openhanded grandfather"
Similar to: Generous
Derivative terms: Bigheartedness, Bounteousness, Bounty, Bountifulness, Liberality, Liberalness, Openhandedness
Definition of Freehanded
1. a. Open-handed; liberal.
Definition of Freehanded
1. Adjective. Openhanded; generous. ¹
2. Adjective. Freehand. ¹
3. Verb. (past of freehand) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Freehanded
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freehanded
Literary usage of Freehanded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1848)
"... and nothing loth (for he was as freehanded a young fellow as any in tho army),
ho went to Bond-street, ..."
2. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"I have often noticed that your only notion of charity is to give shillings and
half-crowns in a careless, freehanded sort of way, which is liable to ..."
3. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, Royal Cortissoz (1906)
"... freehanded not only to artists and friends, but also to all who seek him out;
esteeming mighty cardinals no more than noble spirits in a humble station, ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... during the war had placed him in easy circumstances, and for the next eight
years he lived in a pleasant freehanded manner at a country house in Wales. ..."
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