generousadjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/generous adjective (CHARACTER)
B1 willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual or expected:
a very generous man
[ + to infinitive ] It was generous of you to lend me the money.
She's been very generous with her time.
There's a generous (= kinder than deserved) review of the book in today's newspaper.
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- The public's response to the crisis appeal was generous and compassionate.
- His mother is one generous woman.
- John Herschel was an urbane, kindly and generous man.
- She's a really sweet person and she's generous to a fault.
- The charity will go under unless a generous donor can be found within the next few months.
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Generous & charitable
- altruistic
- beneficent
- big-hearted
- bountiful
- charitable
- free
- generosity
- humane
- humanitarian
- humanity
- Lady Bountiful
- largesse
- lavish
- open-handed
- philanthropic
- philanthropist
- public-spirited
- sweet
- unsparing
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generous adjective (SIZE)
C1 larger than usual or expected:
a generous slice of cake
a generous pay increase
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Plenty and abundant
- abound
- abound in/with sth
- abundance
- abundant
- ample
- aplenty
- bounty
- fruitfulness
- galore
- generosity
- handsome
- liberal
- long on sth and short on sth idiom
- manifold
- prolific
- rich
- richness
- superabundant
- teeming
- wealth
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generously
adverb uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əs.li/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əs.li/
Examples
- The star has generously agreed to donate all the proceeds to charity.
- She behaved very generously towards us, and wouldn't allow us to pay for anything.
- I don't know why you tipped the waitress so generously, when service was included in the bill.
- The company compensated its customers generously for the loss they had suffered.
- The people of the town filled the collection boxes most generously.
B2
Please give generously to charity.
The jacket is very generously cut.