open-handed
Example Sentences
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Andrea Robinson, an 18-year-old psychology major at the University of Kansas, hollered while doing the open-handed chop with the crowd.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023
Its subtle, calming smell of English rose, Champagne, and peony manages to hint at spring, without giving an open-handed slap to my sinuses.
From Slate • Nov. 29, 2019
There’s “the OK” – slightly effete, open-handed, with the thumb and forefinger pinched together and the wrist cocked and loose.
From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2017
The army remained "open-handed to receive LRA defectors who abandon violence", he said.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2013
Lord Tywin might have been niggardly with his approval and affection, but he had al-ways been open-handed when it came to coin.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
