[ UK /d‍ʒˈɛnəɹəs/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒɛnɝəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. more than is usual or necessary
    a generous portion
  2. not petty in character and mind
    unusually generous in his judgment of people
  3. willing to give and share unstintingly
    a generous donation
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How To Use generous In A Sentence

  • I'm sure there will be a generous amount of worthies stepping forward to parse every sentence, on the eternal quest for the definitive admission that it's over.
  • Although I have finally been given a small piece of work to do (nothing crucial, generous deadline), I'm finding it hard to apply myself after such a long period of enforced inactivity.
  • She was certainly generous and open to letting people use the mimeo and the space.
  • What is the etiquette when the eyes in question are big, and brown, and fringed with generous dark lashes?
  • La Cuisine is positioned at the upper end of the ‘middle’ market and its food is generously served and is excellent.
  • Unless the context is made very clear, the reader or hearer cannot be sure whether such an expression as ‘fulsome praise’ is meant in the sense ‘generous in amount, extent’ or in the sense Perry suggests.
  • He took nourishment from press conferences, where he was notably generous, but not bountiful enough to promise a match.
  • The rear cargo hatch is unusually generous for this size car and with the back seats folded you can get a flat load floor, with a top load capacity of 1,044 litres.
  • Smear chicken pieces generously with mole and bake in a moderate oven, turning once or twice during baking, for about 30 minutes.
  • Second, the Employment Tribunal's decision should be read generously and not overturned merely because of infelicitous or inappropriate statements which were looking at the matter in the round, of an inessential nature.
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