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outgiving

American  
[aut-giv-ing] / ˈaʊtˌgɪv ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. friendly or responsive; outgoing.


noun

  1. Archaic. something given out, as a statement or proclamation.

Etymology

Origin of outgiving

First recorded in 1655–1665; out- + give + -ing 1, -ing 2


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He seems boundlessly friendly and outgiving, but White House insiders have long since grown used to having him pass in the halls without a nod or a word.

From Time Magazine Archive

Geordie was the best-known character in New Jedboro, as well known as the town pump, the one famed for its outgiving, the other for its intaking powers, but both alike for liquid prowess.

From St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles

Certainly he had not specially missed her, yet it was keenly pleasurable to be brought into contact again with that restless, vital, outgiving personality.

From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams

As commanders, they were all as natural as children, though some had great natural reserve, and others were warmer and more outgiving.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense

Nor do we find, nowadays, such lavish outgiving of fruit and wine, or such rushing of tally-hos, as once preceded the auction sale of town lots in paper cities.

From California and the Californians by David Starr Jordan

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