open-handednessn.

a1640 T. Jackson Μαραν Αθα (1657) 3757 Mercie, bountie, and open-handedness towards the Poor.

1694 tr. O. G. de Busbecq Four Epist. conc. Embassy into Turkey i. 40 For the Turks are so ill-natured..that without this Open-handedness, there were no more living among them, for Strangers.

1748 E. Haywood Life's Progress iii. vi. 228 They..are not ashamed to be accounted niggards, where they ought to be liberal, in order to acquire the reputation of open-handedness.

1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. i. 2 They appreciate the open-handedness that keeps him poor.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. vii. lxviii. 95 Various motives urged Bulstrode to this open-handedness.

1929 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 14 Mar. in Yours, Plum (1990) v. 128 The only thing that excused the existence of the Talkies was a sort of bounderish openhandedness.

1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley iv. 39 Mrs Calloway insisted on paying for them. Dan was not impressed by this open-handedness.

1999 J. Miller Lushootseed Culture iv. 93 A leader's specialty was that he or she was an expert in human psychology..and was personally characterized by dignity, open-handedness, restraint, wealth, and a knowledge of traditions.