What does magnanimous mean?
1 : showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit the irreproachable lives and magnanimous sufferings of their followers— Joseph Addison. 2 : showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind too sincere for dissimulation, too magnanimous for resentment— Ellen Glasgow.
How do you use magnanimous in a sentence?
Magnanimous Sentence Examples
I must be magnanimous and truly great. His heart was kind and his affections were strong; he was magnanimous and disinterested, simple and honest. Sumner’s last years were further saddened by the misconstruction put upon one of his most magnanimous acts.
How do you spell magnanimously?
adjective
- generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one’s enemies.
- high-minded; noble: a just and magnanimous ruler.
- proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character, etc.: a magnanimous gesture of forgiveness.