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generously

adverb B2
  1. In a generous manner, in a way that is giving or ample. · He generously donated what little he could.· The dessert generously filled a large plate.
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Then they told him of the field mice, and how they had generously saved him from death; and the Cowardly Lion laughed, and said:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 56 · B2
The dinner was concluded, the waiter generously fed, and the two walked out to the corner where they had met.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 32 · C1
“Madame,” said he, “the count and yourself recompense too generously a simple action.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 442 · C1
We will not constrain you to help us; we enroll no one against his conscience, but we will compel you to act generously, even if you are not disposed to do so.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 769 · C1

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