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generously

/ˈdʒenəəsli/JEH-nur-uh-slee
/ˈdʒɛnɚəsli/JEH-nur-uh-slee

Meaningin a generous way

Common meaning: freely and kindly

Journey through time

  1. Latingenerosus‘of noble birth’source
  2. Old Frenchgenereuxsource
  3. Englishgenerous‘giving freely’
  4. Englishformed in English from generousgenerously‘freely and kindly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from generous + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), GENEROUS, p.231 · scan

Source words

  • generosus Latin · source word “noble-born”

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