adjective (approving)
1 ~ (with sth) giving or willing to give freely; given freely:
a generous benefactor * to be generous with your time / money * to be generous in giving help * a generous gift / offer * It was generous of him to offer to pay for us both.
OPPMEAN
2 more than is necessary; large:
a generous helping of meat * a generous increase in salary * The car has a generous amount of space.
3 kind in the way you treat people; willing to see what is good about sb/sth:
a generous mind / spirit * He wrote a very generous assessment of my work.
generously adverb:
Please give generously. * a dress that is generously cut (= uses plenty of fabric)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for generous is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does generous appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — generous appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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