Magnanimously
[mæg'næniməsli]
Definition
(adv.) in a magnanimous manner; 'magnanimously, he forgave all those who had harmed him'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
Editor: Myra
Examples
- I think it would be well for you just to go and see her before Lydgate comes, said Sir James, magnanimously. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was ten times worthier of you than I was, Fred could now say to her, magnanimously. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Saying which the doctor scowled magnanimously on the stranger, and whispered his friend Lieutenant Tappleton. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Myra