freehanded

adj

1. Openhanded; generous.

   “In the title, "Entering the marketplace freehanded," the "marketplace" represents a village, a place of human habitation, and "freehanded" signifies openheartedly guiding others in the spirit of compassion.”

   “God is love, at once penurious and freehanded : He seeks to take, as well as to give.”

   “Captious though ...theatrical audiences could be, freehanded with rotten fruit on occasion, they seem to have suspended disbelief enthusiastically”

2. Freehand, unassisted.

   “In vitro experiments simulating clinical conditions have demostrated that fully guided placement is more accurate than freehanded placement.”

   “The single-barrel, freehanded drill guide is then used with the 2.5 mm drill bit to make the pilot holes in the inner vertebra.”

   “A Japanese needle with the insertion tube is an easy painless way to insert a needle both gently and sterilely, such that the force of insertion sometimes caused by a freehanded insertion does not overcome the patient.”

3. Unconstrained.

   “The action was taken, an official of the line said, in view of the possibility of the North Atlantic intercoastal disturbance being reflected in some measure in the Gulf, and the consequent desire of the Luckenbach interests to be freehanded to meet any situations that may arise.”

   “In this person's freehanded reinterpretation, we're encouraged to visualize the father as an aloof family patriarch who thoughtlessly drives his younger son away by neglect.”

   “Hoffman's freehanded approach to the law in silencing the defendants had angered many, and would later be overruled by a higher court.”

4. Having empty hands.

   “The spirits entered the tunnel carrying treasures, but exited freehanded.”

5. Transferable to other assets.

   “The borrower, they feel, should be free to put the proceeds of sale or collection into new goods, provided they, and accounts representing the sale of them, shall in turn be subject to the lien that secures the loan. That is a freehanded mortgage, and with respect to it various views are entertained.”

   “The various ideas so far discussed turn on the question, not whether the agreement is preferential, but whether it is a fraud upon creditors, or (as the Supreme Court held in the case of a freehanded mortgage of accounts) whether it is really a mortgage at all.”

adv

1. Generously.

   “...they waved aside the tumblers of wine the young officer was pourin' out for 'em so freehanded, and said they should rather be excused.”

2. Unassisted.

   “Herrera and I were handicapped in the sense that we couldn't use the sight on our M-79s...We had to aim freehanded”

3. In an unconstrained manner.

   “I am ordered over there with a few others. We all shoot standing and freehanded...This regained freedom of action makes us unable to feel the danger we are in.”

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of freehand

   “I traced around the cap of a pen to get some of the inner curvature I was looking for, and even freehanded a few of the transitions.”