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
The large-handed and once generous methods of the old range now began to narrow themselves.
From The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West by Hough, Emerson
It embraced personal leisure and the good things of life as a matter of course, a broader existence, a large-handed generosity toward the less fortunate, an intellectual elevation entirely unrelated to gross material things.
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
Mrs. Haden was a woman whom Michael could not help liking for her open breezy manner and a certain large-handed toleration which suited her loud deep voice.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
The same large-handed system prevailed in other things, though the parents often spoke of their poverty, and though their resources undoubtedly were very limited.
From The Soul of a Child by Björkman, Edwin
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