loose-handed vs savage

loose-handed

adj
  • 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. 

  • Casual; undisciplined or haphazard. 

  • Spendthrift, profligate. 

adv
  • With a poor grip. 

savage

adj
  • Wild; not cultivated. 

  • Unpleasant or unfair. 

  • Fierce and ferocious. 

  • Nude; naked. 

  • Barbaric; not civilized. 

  • Great, brilliant, amazing. 

  • Brutal, vicious, or merciless. 

noun
  • An aggressively defiant person. 

  • A person living in a traditional, especially tribal, rather than civilized society, especially when viewed as uncivilized and uncultivated; a barbarian. 

verb
  • To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint. 

  • To attack with the teeth. 

  • To criticise vehemently. 

How often have the words loose-handed and savage occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )