[mag.nan.i.mous] adj [L magnanimus, fr. magnus great + animus spirit--more at much, animate] (1584) 1: showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit "the irreproachable lives and ~ sufferings of their followers --Joseph Addison"
2: showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind "too sincere for dissimulation, too ~ for resentment --Ellen Glasgow" -- mag.nan.i.mous.ly adv -- mag.nan.i.mous.ness n