Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: generously
IPA transcription: [dʒ'ɛnɚəsli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: liberally, munificently, generously
    Meaning: in a generous manner; "he gave liberally to several charities"
Usage examples
  • "Let it rest then," said the doctor generously.
  • The garrison was generously permitted to retire with the honors of war.
  • "He certainly did amazingly well, for which he generously gave you all the credit."
  • His hair was thinning a little at the temples and the rest of it was touched generously with grey.
  • I have lived in these two months at a pace which generously counterbalances 500 years of life in the desert.
  • He says that I must commence riding horseback at once, and has generously offered me the use of one of his horses.
  • In the midst of our discussions a letter came from my Uncle Snow, a merchant in New York, generously offering me a place in his counting-house.
  • Were the arms of the state, therefore, put entirely into such hands, what public security, it may be demanded, can be given to liberty, or what private security to those who, in opposition to the letter of the law, have so generously ventured their lives in its defence?
  • For one minute I stood still, not in the least grasping their meaning; but finally I suspected mischief, they all looked so serenely contented. So I passed on to the dining room, and there, on the table, was one of the precious cakes---at least what was left of it, the very small piece that had been so generously saved for me.
  • Even the cunning blandishments of a very attractive monkey that always had entertained the children on their numerous visits, failed to interest her now. Mamsie would be worrying, she knew; and besides, the sight of so many birds eating their suppers out of generously full seed-cups, only filled her heart with remorse as she thought of poor Cherry and his empty one.