open-armed

open-armed

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Adjective

open-armed (not comparable)

  1. (literally) Having one's arms open and apart.
  2. (figuratively) cordial; friendly; welcoming.
    We were welcomed in to their home open-armed.
    • 1985 June 10, R.E.M., “Feeling Gravitys Pull”, in Fables of the Reconstruction:
      Step up, step up, step up; the sky is open-armed. When the light is mine, I felt gravity pull.

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