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freehanded

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From free + handed.

adjective more freehanded · most freehanded · free-handed

  1. Openhanded; generous. In the title, "Entering the marketplace freehanded," the "marketplace" represents a village, a place of human habitation, and "freehanded" signifies openheartedly guiding others in the spirit of compassion.
  2. Freehand, unassisted. In vitro experiments simulating clinical conditions have demostrated that fully guided placement is more accurate than freehanded placement.
  3. Unconstrained. The action was taken, an official of the line said, in view of the possibility of the North Atlantic intercoastal disturbance being reflected in some measure in the Gulf, and the consequent desire of the Luckenbach interests to be freehanded to meet any situations that may arise.
  4. Having empty hands. The spirits entered the tunnel carrying treasures, but exited freehanded.
  5. Transferable to other assets. The borrower, they feel, should be free to put the proceeds of sale or collection into new goods, provided they, and accounts representing the sale of them, shall in turn be subject to the lien that secures the loan. That is a freehanded mortgage, and with respect to it various views are entertained

adverb more freehanded · most freehanded · free-handed

  1. Generously. ...they waved aside the tumblers of wine the young officer was pourin' out for 'em so freehanded, and said they should rather be excused.
  2. Unassisted. Herrera and I were handicapped in the sense that we couldn't use the sight on our M-79s...We had to aim freehanded
  3. In an unconstrained manner. I am ordered over there with a few others. We all shoot standing and freehanded...This regained freedom of action makes us unable to feel the danger we are in.

verb free-handed

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of freehand I traced around the cap of a pen to get some of the inner curvature I was looking for, and even freehanded a few of the transitions.

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@misc{freehanded_2026,
  title = {freehanded},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/freehanded},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}