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- noun The characteristic of being
openhanded .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
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Examples
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As seen in the above comments section, the poor of today rarely lack money, so our openhandedness should be exercised in terms of good will.
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Yet as I ventured further into the world of genealogy I began to see that such openhandedness was a hallmark of this culture.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
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Yet as I ventured further into the world of genealogy I began to see that such openhandedness was a hallmark of this culture.
Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010
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That persuasion arises from my own deep biases -- in favor of openhandedness, fair play and general courtesy -- and I suspect that Montana Headlines and Ed share those biases.
Who's biased? David 2007
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That persuasion arises from my own deep biases -- in favor of openhandedness, fair play and general courtesy -- and I suspect that Montana Headlines and Ed share those biases.
Archive 2007-10-01 David 2007
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When we opened a laundry store on Kedzie Avenue - of course it failed - Jennie's reputation for openhandedness - and her absolute refusal to judge another human being - drew legions of the disinherited and discontented.
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And they were very aware of the fact that the great burden of scripture is the call for justice, the call for openhandedness toward the poor and the alien.
Gilead's Balm 2004
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And they were very aware of the fact that the great burden of scripture is the call for justice, the call for openhandedness toward the poor and the alien.
Gilead's Balm 2004
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And they were very aware of the fact that the great burden of scripture is the call for justice, the call for openhandedness toward the poor and the alien.
Gilead's Balm 2004
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Known as the potlatch feast, it was an occasion on which some of the more affluent members of the tribe went so far as to bankrupt themselves in order to demonstrate the extent of their openhandedness.
Death in Winter Michael Jan Friedman 2005
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