magnanimous
Example Sentences
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Napoleon could not have expected such magnanimous treatment from the British.
“However, I am a most magnanimous prince and agree to help you on your quest until I can safely get back home,” the jackalope said.
From Literature
The answer is evasive but also magnanimous, as befits Mr. Youngkin’s personality.
Readers who pick the more proper—or magnanimous—paths are in no way guaranteed to page their way toward happier endings.
But speaking to the cameras afterwards, Ross was magnanimous in accepting his defeat.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
