full-handed

adjective more full-handed · most full-handed · fullhanded

1. Carrying something, especially something valuable, such as a gift. He was not only carrying a candle to put the finishing touch to him as a target; he had dispensed with coat and waistcoat downstairs, and was at once full-handed and unarmed
2. Wealthy, having all that is needed. Mr. Beers came to the country full-handed, with a handsome competency to commence any business he might choose, independent of missionary patronage.
3. Enthusiastic and generous. Have we not the theatre, its triumphs, and full-handed thunders of applause?
4. Using the palm of the hand or broad gestures. A spit on the palm and a full-handed slap was a deal but if only fingertips slapped then the bargaining would continue.
5. Having people that fill all positions. All that was about what you should do in a full-handed hold 'em game when you're the small blind versus a big blind. But, suppose instead that the game is two-handed from the get go.
6. Complete; fully qualified or fully equipped. He regarded his younger brother as a “full-handed man of practice” and himself merely “a supported theorist.”

adverb more full-handed · most full-handed · fullhanded

1. With full hands; bearing valuables or gifts. On this occasion the minister came full-handed. He told her, first, as appears from her notes and letters, that he had definitely decided to appoint a Sanitary Committee at the India Office. He read out the list of names;
2. As a wealthy person, having all that is needed. One does not remember one's birth -- one has to be told. But with me it was different; life came to me full-handed and dowered me with all my faculties and powers.
3. Generously and whole-heartedly. By the promptings of religious instinct and principle, our churches have been built and our asylums founded, and charity full-handed has bestowed her lavish gifts upon the unfortunate.
4. With the entire hand. Can scribble, grasping crayon full-handed and awkwardly.
5. Fully staffed or with all positions filled. But if we must run, who are left to run? From Bull Run they ran full-handed. But we have fought until maimed soldiers, women, and children are all that remain to run.
6. In a complete and fully-formed manner. Language is also elemental: at the tender dawn of childhood, it enters life with laughing eyes and prattling lips; at maturity's noon, it moves full-handed and deep-voiced in all the concerns of men;

Opposite: empty-handed