Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: generosity
IPA transcription: [dʒ,ɛnɚ'ɑsəti]
Pronunciations of generosity
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: generosity, generousness
    Meaning: the trait of being willing to give your money or time
Usage examples
  • 'Not in generosity?'
  • I shan't forget your generosity," he cried warmly.
  • French was generosity itself in his praise of Haig in these early days of disaster.
  • To illustrate Tycho's kindness and generosity, I must read you a letter written to him by Kepler.
  • The gentleness, the incessant kindness, the matchless generosity of these people seemed all a mockery.
  • Unselfishness may become want of character; generosity essentially unjust; confidence may be weak, and purity insipid.
  • Father Peter also stayed quietly with them, living, as everybody believed, upon the generosity of his rich son-in law.
  • The knowledge of this amiable weakness offered a perpetual temptation to play upon Laploshka's fears of involuntary generosity.
  • "I have no objection," she said, "to your going to C----, and I thank you for the generosity of your offer, but I beg you will postpone your journey.
  • In the strong, it becomes the pleasure of generosity; among equals, frank and cordial friendship; in the weak, the pleasure of admiration and gratitude.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Queen Victoria, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jesus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Thomas Jefferson, License CC BY-SA 4.0