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Free-handed
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- 1 Alternative form of freehanded (generous). alt-of, alternative
"No man has been at greater straits than I, and has borne more pinching poverty and hardship; but nobody can say of me that, if I had a guinea, I was not free-handed with it, and did not spend it as well as a lord could do."
- 2 Alternative form of freehanded (unassisted). alt-of, alternative
"This chapter discusses the role of patellofemoral arthroplasty for isolated patellofemoral arthritis, describes a free-handed, uninstrumented MIS surgical technique, and reviews the results of the procedure (independent of surgical approach)."
- 3 Alternative form of freehanded (unconstrained). alt-of, alternative
"Meanwhile, and contradictorily to this contraction of currency, the collapse of National Bank that had earlier put limits on the free-handed lending policies of state banks allowed these to flood much of the country with cheap paper money."
- 4 Alternative form of freehanded (having empty hands). alt-of, alternative
"A short way ahead Kaveri was startled to see a woman carrying a child in her arms as well as a load on her head while the man twirled his moustache and walked beside her, free-handed."
- 5 Alternative form of freehanded (transferable to other assets). alt-of, alternative
"This distinction is all the more important when we are in a jurisdiction where the free-handed mortgage of a stock in trade is unlawful."
- 1 Alternative form of freehanded (generously). alt-of, alternative
"And all men that have loved right more than ease, And honor above honors; all who gave Free-handed of their best for other men, And thought their giving taking..."
- 2 Alternative form of freehanded (unassisted). alt-of, alternative
"The burghers go in velvets and furs, but they have not learned to leap free-handed to horse nor to aim with the lance at the four nailes of the shield, nor yet to ride a buhurd, therefore they need a duke who protects them, and that am I."
- 3 Alternative form of freehanded (in an unconstrained manner). alt-of, alternative
"To wit: If the United States is to intervene for the pacification of Cuba it should do so free-handed;"
- 1 simple past and past participle of free-hand form-of, participle, past
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