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# generously

«generously» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a kind way that gives more money, time or help than…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (more generously, most generously)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a kind way that gives more money, time or help than expected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#m1)

2) In a large amount; plentifully: «generously sized», «spread generously». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#m2)

3) In a fair and kind way when judging others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories, someone who gives generously shares freely; this is praised in moral and church lessons. In cooking, «spread the butter generously» means use plenty. In news, people «gave generously» to a charity appeal. Phrases: «give generously», «generously donated», «generously sized».

### examples

- People gave generously to the food bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#x1)
- Gran generously paid for our trip to the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#x2)
- Spread the jam generously on the toast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#x3)
- She generously shared her sweets with everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#x4)
- The teacher marked my work generously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#x5)
- The portions were generously sized. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#x6)
- Then they told him of the field mice, and how they had generously saved him from death; and the Cowardly Lion laughed, and said: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «generous»; noun: generosity. In maths word problems, «generously» does not give a number; the numbers must come from the problem.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «generously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/generously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.