loose-handed vs wide open

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. 

wide open

adj
  • unsettled or unresolved 

  • vulnerable or unprotected 

  • of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bid and ask prices 

  • having no laws or law enforcement 

  • completely open 

  • without the presence of opponents nearby 

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