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OPENHANDEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does openhandedness mean?
• OPENHANDEDNESS (noun)
The noun OPENHANDEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
Familiarity information: OPENHANDEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
largess; largesse; magnanimity; munificence; openhandedness
Hypernyms ("openhandedness" is a kind of...):
liberality; liberalness (the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament)
Derivation:
openhanded (given or giving freely)
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