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openhanded

adjective more openhanded · most openhanded

  1. Done with an open hand. In the painting, the enslaved and (as conjectured by historian Steven Weisenburger) sexually abused Margaret Garner betrays her liaison with her owner Archibald Gaines with an exposed, openhanded gesture toward him.
  2. Generous. In the economic realm, because of its temporary preponderance, the United States could afford to be openhanded.
  3. Frank and tolerant. Let selling be an openhanded selling, with justly balanced scales and price which do not prejudice either party, buyer or seller.
  4. Loose and full. We believe the majority of Swiss guides use the Swiss loop at the end of the rope, and the openhanded loop in the middle.

adverb more openhanded · most openhanded

  1. With an open hand or hands. Patterson smacks her openhanded on the side of the head.
  2. Generously. He leaves the mild Alexander to continue, under the pressure of fraternal competition, the hereditary policy of Peter and Catherine; to raise levy after levy, loan after loan, ineffectually, while loans of any amount required are given openhanded by the people of France and England to their governme

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of openhand

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@misc{openhanded_2026,
  title = {openhanded},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/openhanded},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}