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Definition of Openhandedness
1. Noun. Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit.
Generic synonyms: Liberality, Liberalness
Derivative terms: Magnanimous, Munificent, Openhanded
Definition of Openhandedness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being openhanded. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Openhandedness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Openhandedness
Literary usage of Openhandedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"In his short episcopate of three years Sanderson showed characteristic openhandedness,
restoring Buckden, the episcopal residence, at his own expense. ..."
2. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1892)
"... veteran statesman might surmise that the openhandedness of this affable soldier
would one day make the men sigh for the parsimony of the jealous Valens. ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1883)
"... that openhandedness, that kindness towards all good works, that favour at
beholding growing activities in the Church, which have been shown by the ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1889)
"But we have been content to live in growing waste, to boast, with silly vanity,
of our great wealth and openhandedness, and our impulsive energy ..."
5. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1894)
"One would be near the meaning in declaring it to bewilder men with the riddle of
openhandedness. We read it—all may read it—as we read inexplicable plain ..."
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