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UK
/dʒˌɛnəɹˈɒsɪti/
]
[ US /ˌdʒɛnɝˈɑsəti/ ]
[ US /ˌdʒɛnɝˈɑsəti/ ]
NOUN
- the trait of being willing to give your money or time
- acting generously
How To Use generosity In A Sentence
- However, we still rely entirely on the generosity of the public for funding.
- Written with charm and humour, this is a touching, absorbing oddity of a book about love, grief, avarice and generosity.
- A freeloader is a person who takes advantage of others 'generosity without giving anything in return. Reddit.com: what's new online!
- Bond's unflattering portrait lacks generosity, but at least it's an antidote to sentimental bardolatry. Times, Sunday Times
- I shall have to hand Letty Dale to him at last!" he thought, yielding in bitter generosity to the conditions imposed on him by the ungenerousness of another. The Egoist
- But the club's future is looking bright thanks to the generosity of donators and the repair work carried out by Greenwich Council.
- The generosity of friends and supporters kept them going during the bleakest periods.
- It was the elder son, he said, who just could not accept the generosity and graciousness of his father in welcoming back a lost and wayward brother.
- The need to respond to good with good, to generosity with generosity, constancy in her affections, patience and love of work are qualities that have been with Lena since childhood.
- This refers to a miser, perhaps the most despised of all types in a world where generosity is the yardstick by which humanity is measured.