full-handed
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.39 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Enthusiastic and generous.
adv
As a wealthy person, having all that is needed.
Example Sentences
- "He was not only carrying a candle to put the finishing touch to him as a target; he had dispensed with coat and waistcoat downstairs, and was at once full-handed and unarmed"
- "By night we'll all be back at this spot, full-handed or empty-handed, as it may be, but full-handed, I hope."
- "Had it so been, then for sure the robber had not got off full-handed or without a fight for it."
- "Mr. Beers came to the country full-handed, with a handsome competency to commence any business he might choose, independent of missionary patronage."
- "Lady Anna has given away half her money, and may give away the whole if she pleases. She will be the same to me whether she comes full-handed or empty. But when she is my wife her property shall be my property,—and when I die there shall be no such abomination as an eldest son."
- "...the defendant had been, all the time, since the date of the note sued on, full-handed, in easy circumstances, and able to pay all his debts."