MAGNANIMOUS


Meaning of MAGNANIMOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mægnænɪməs ]

If you are magnanimous , you behave kindly and generously towards someone, especially after defeating them or being treated badly by them.

I was prepared to be magnanimous, prepared to feel compassion for him...

= generous

≠ vindictive

ADJ

• mag‧nani‧mous‧ly

‘You were right, and we were wrong,’ he said magnanimously.

ADV : usu ADV with v

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