loose-handed vs roughspun

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. 

roughspun

adj
  • Unpolished, rough and ready, uncultured, unsophisticated. 

  • Woven from a coarsely spun yarn, (usually also from a coarse material). 

noun
  • A garment made from roughly spun yarn or made from a coarse material. 

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