large-handed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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For Wilbur the elder, the large-handed, the large-hearted, with the eye like the mock-turtle in Alice, caused more blush-worthy embarrassment during the Coolidge era than any other member of the Cabinet.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had heard that the people back in the country were large-handed, large-hearted, and liberal, but we must be mistaken.
From From Jest to Earnest by Roe, Edward Payson
There is something rather royal and large-handed about it.
From Daisy's Aunt by Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
He said it with a consciousness of large-handed generosity.
From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George
Hugh Marsden's blunders and large-handed awkwardness were always provocative of mirth, and he took all in such good part.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
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