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generously, adv.|ˈdʒɛnərəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. Highly in respect of birth. Obs.
1608Heywood Lucrece B, Tis pittie one so generously deriu'd Should be depriu'd: his best induements thus.
2. Nobly; † gallantly, bravely (obs.); unselfishly, magnanimously.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Generosamente, generously, gentleman-like, generosè. 1640tr. Verdere's Rom. Rom. ii. 121 Rozalmond had generously slain two Giants. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. (1845) 60 A Good Man, generously contending with ill Fortune. 1692E. Walker Epictetus' Mor. xxvii, Generously brave, Thou all their little Malice may'st defy. 1754Richardson Grandison III. xiv. 101 My dear Emily sat generously uneasy, I saw, for the trouble she had been the cause of giving. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772, 249 A companion of the Saint generously offered himself. 1855Prescott Philip II, I. iii. iv. 357 Granville now generously interceded in behalf of his ancient foe.
b. Of a horse: Bravely, gallantly.
1888Times 26 June 11/6 The jockey Warne, who rode Success at Derby..stated that he made a good start..Success ran, he said, generously.
3. Liberally; in an open-handed fashion.
1634–5Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 82 Here we rested the Lord's-day, and were very generously and nobly entertained. 1725De Foe Eng. Tradesman (1732) I. vii. 77 If his creditors will do anything generously for him, to enable him to go on again, well and good. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. x, My wife always generously let them have a guinea each, to keep in their pockets. 1882Sir R. Temple Men & Ev. my Time India iii. 44 Though simple in his tastes and habits, he was generously hospitable.
4. With reference to diet (see generous 4 b).
1833F. Tweedie in Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 210/1 If he [the patient] have been accustomed to live generously..the allowance of wine must be greater. |