freehanded

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The play, directed by Ellen Geer and Willow Geer, isn’t adapted in the freehanded way of “The Seagull: Malibu,” and the change of locale doesn’t always seem natural.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

Peck credits Kushner’s freehanded treatment of the story with inspiring him to envision the dance numbers in new ways.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021

On that Instagram account, Ms. Smith has chronicled her metamorphosis from creative director of a corporate brand and wife to unbound, freehanded designer and champion of personal freedom, love and L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2020

The trouble is that he seemingly hasn’t also recanted his freehanded method of composition—instead, he has turned it loose on the Holocaust, a subject that should demand of a writer heroic rigor, heroic precision.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2018

We must earn our life; and then we should spend it—lavishly, like noble, freehanded gentlemen.

From The Lady Paramount by Harland, Henry