Generous
['dʒen(ə)rəs] or ['dʒɛnərəs]
Definition
(adj.) more than adequate; 'a generous portion' .
(adj.) willing to give and share unstintingly; 'a generous donation' .
(adj.) not petty in character and mind; 'unusually generous in his judgment of people' .
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Definition
(a.) Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.
(a.) Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous.
(a.) Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father.
(a.) Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table.
(a.) Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Noble, magnanimous, honorable, high-minded.[2]. Liberal, bountiful, beneficent, munificent, charitable, open-handed, free-hearted.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Noble, chivalrous, liberal, disinterested, bountiful, magnanimous,open-hearted, munificent, honorable
ANT:Mean, ignoble, illiberal, selfish, churlish
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Definition
adj. of a noble nature: courageous: liberal: bountiful: invigorating in its nature as wine: (obs.) nobly born.—adv. Gen′erously.—ns. Gen′erousness Generos′ity nobleness or liberality of nature: (arch.) nobility of birth.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.
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Examples
- To one of the most generous and kindest men in the world, as he is one of the greatest--to my excellent friend, the Marquis of Steyne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I thank you, and accept your generous offer. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- You are a generous boy--I suppose I must say, young man, now--and I am proud of you, my dear. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But Dobbin was of too simple and generous a nature to have any doubts about Amelia. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But you have such a generous spirit! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Donnez-moi la main, said he, and the spite and jealousy melted out of his face, and a generous kindliness shone there instead. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There is nothing more lovely, to which the heart more yearns than a free-spirited boy, gentle, brave, and generous. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Well, that is generous, said Mr. Farebrother, compelling himself to approve of the man whom he disliked. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He always showed a generous and kindly spirit toward the Southern people, and I never heard him abuse an enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A more generous interpretation would be to say that he had tried to be inclusive, to attach a hundred sectional agitations to a national program. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Is that religion which is less scrupulous, less generous, less just, less considerate for man, than even my own ungodly, worldly, blinded nature? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She walked to the door, but there she turned and said: Fred, you have always been so good, so generous to me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If you feel towards me, in one particular, as you might if I was a lady, give me the full claims of a lady upon your generous behaviour. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This cannot be removed by water alone, but if soap is used and a generous lather is applied to the skin, the dirt is cut and passes from the body into the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was he who told me how good and generous you were, and who taught me to love you as a brother. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- America does not play with ideas; generous speculation is regarded as insincere, and shunned as if it might endanger the optimism which underlies success. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The two gentlemen, and some others, were so generous and kind as to furnish me with provisions, and see me on board. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Who feels injustice; who shrinks before a slight; who has a sense of wrong so acute, and so glowing a gratitude for kindness, as a generous boy? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- How could I say to this generous being, Maintain me in idleness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Why this perversity, if it were not in a generous fit? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We had shaken hands; he had turned to gobut he was not satisfied: he had not done or said enough to content his generous impulses. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Amelia's maid, it has been said, was heart and soul in favour of the generous Major. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The pleasing sensation arising from beauty; the bodily appetite for generation; and a generous kindness or good-will. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- You are too generous to require it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They think themselves generous if they give our children a five-pound note, and us contemptible if we are without one. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Then he's rich and generous and good, and loves us all, and I say it's a pity my plan is spoiled. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I never will do a generous deed again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was everything but prudent. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Dear Miss Osborne, can your generous heart quarrel with your brother for being faithful to her? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At the end of that time I had justified her generous faith in my manhood--I had, outwardly at least, recovered my self-control. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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