generous
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1.3
- adjective
- /ˈdʒɛnərəs/
:
generoso
- Also, nine days was like a generous amount of time.
- generous amounts
- generous funding
- generous subsidies
And This is why I'm donating your generous gift to NCAC.
- And This is why I'm donating your generous gift to NCAC.
- It was a hugely generous and human support.
- But if you can find one generous outlier, it could be higher.
Examples
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Your contributions to the museum over the years have been extremely generous.
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Mr. Clamp's offer was generous.
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Even in America, where nature is generous, life is hard.
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Yes, and he is one of the most generous guys that I know.
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So I just take a generous amount of that.
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My new condo and I accept your generous offer.
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Sara, really, this is way too generous of you.
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I think you'll find it's a very generous offer.
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That's a very generous allowance.
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She donated a generous amount of money to the local charity.
Synonyms
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2.7
Generous and willing to forgive others
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3.7
More than enough for what is needed
91
2.5
Very generous and kind in giving or forgiving others
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3.0
Present in large amounts or more than needed
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5.5
Rich and full of expensive things, like a large party or home
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2.5
There is more than enough of something
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3.9
Giving a lot of something like money or praise
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4.9
Having a lot of something, especially food or things grown in a garden
4
6.5
Produced or given in large amounts
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7.3
Giving a large amount freely, like food or money
1
9.1
Very generous and giving large gifts of money to others
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Plentiful
Surface Forms
Morphology
generous = gener + ous
Although the sense 'large/plentiful' is a clear modern usage, it is not predictable from any familiar English base morpheme (the combining form 'gener' is not a standalone word).
Etymology
The word generous came to mean 'large' or 'plentiful' because being free with gifts often meant giving a lot, and it still links back to the Latin root genus meaning 'birth' or 'family'. So a generous portion is one that is more than usual.