| 释义 |
free-ˈhanded, a.
[f. free a. + hand n. + -ed2.]
Open-handed, generous, liberal.
a1656Bp. Hall Soliloquies 75 He is freehanded and munificent. 1832Miss Mitford Village Ser. v. (1863) 325 The free-handed and open-hearted farmer. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 717 A bold, jolly, freehanded English gentleman. |