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openhanded

[ oh-puhn-han-did ]

/ ˈoʊ pənˈhæn dɪd /

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adjective

generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.

Origin of openhanded

1595–1605; open hand + -ed³

SYNONYMS FOR openhanded

magnanimous, bountiful, lavish, unstinting.

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OTHER WORDS FROM openhanded

o·pen·hand·ed·ly, adverb o·pen·hand·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby openhanded

open-timbered, open-web, openable, opencast mining, opener, openhanded, opening, opening night, opening snap, opening time, openwork

Example sentences from the Web for open-handed

Stanton pulled back, getting out of the way of the Nipe's open-handed judo cuts.

Anything You Can Do ... |Gordon Randall Garrett
He had always been an open-handed man, but latterly his public gifts had excited comment by their number and character.

The Criminal & the Community |James Devon
Every smithereen of clothes that she has the mistress gave her, and the old lady has been open-handed, too.

The Chronicles of Rhoda |Florence Tinsley Cox
Like the open-handed merchant prince he was, Mack fixed the reward at four hundred Daler.

Mothwise |Knut Hamsun

One is open-handed, but apt to exact a large degree of humility, and must be approached with deference.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for open-handed

open-handed

adjective

generous; liberal

Derived forms of open-handed

open-handedly, adverb open-handedness, noun