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Meaning of 'generous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Generous [ a.]
- Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.
- Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous.
- Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father.
- Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table.
- Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine.

Meaning of 'generous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . generous [ a]
Meaning (1):
- willing to give and share unstintingly
Example in sentence:
  • a generous donation
Meaning (2):
- not petty in character and mind
Example in sentence:
  • unusually generous in his judgment of people
3 . generous [ s]
Meaning (3):
- more than is usual or necessary
Example in sentence:
  • a generous portion

Nearby Words:

gena genappe gendarme gendarmery gendarmes gender gendered gendering genderless geneagenesis

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