blunt vs loose-handed

blunt

adj
  • Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. 

  • Having a thick edge or point; not sharp. 

  • Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute. 

  • Hard to impress or penetrate. 

  • Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive. 

verb
  • To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. 

  • To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of 

noun
  • A marijuana cigar. 

  • A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. 

  • A short needle with a strong point. 

  • A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. 

loose-handed

adj
  • Casual; undisciplined or haphazard. 

  • Wild or uncontrolled. 

  • Sketchy and flowing rather than geometric and precise. 

  • Aimless 

  • Lenient, permissive. 

  • With open hand (as opposed to a fist). 

  • Characterized by broad sweeping movements. 

  • Involving wrist action. 

  • Spendthrift, profligate. 

adv
  • With a poor grip. 

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