Usually means: Generous and giving without restraint.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word open-handed:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. open-handed, open-handed: Collins English Dictionary
  2. open-handed: Wordnik
  3. open-handed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. open-handed: Wiktionary
  5. Open-handed: Dictionary.com
  6. Open-handed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. open-handed: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Open-handed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. open-handed: Free Dictionary
  10. open-handed: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. open-handed: Legal dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Done with the hand open rather than clenched
adjective:  Liberal and generous.
adjective:  Frank, honest, and tolerant.
adjective:  Characterized by looseness and fullness.
adverb:  With an open hand or hands.
adverb:  Generously.

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