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/mjuːnˈɪfɪsənt/
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ADJECTIVE
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very generous
a munificent gift
the critics were lavish in their praise
a munificent gift
called for unstinting aid to Britain
unsparing generosity
prodigal praise
his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent
distributed gifts with a lavish hand
his unstinted devotion
How To Use munificent In A Sentence
- And I was, at what seemed to me to be the munificent salary of $20,000 a year, plus expenses.
- People are happy just to come and get munted on my munificent hospitality.
- Chinese lady well known as a munificent patron of the faith, and I believe another at Nanking, but I do not know if it is complete or not [757]. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3
- Gillian Keith fizzed skittishly and effortlessly as Zerbinetta, an acidulous sop to Orla Boylan's munificent, creamy but variably toned Ariadne. The Turn of the Screw; Ariadne auf Naxos; Les pêcheurs de perles; Mitsuko Uchida
- It's important that we not think we'd be munificent benefactors, bringing a sack full of goodies to share.
- But given his munificent nature, he would never agree to step off this bridge before imparting to me every single thing he knows about its history.
- Even with all those munificent dividend payments, my net worth has dropped by a third, and new vistas of worry open up for me each day. Why I Fired My Broker
- .."munificent" would probably better express my thought... BSNYC Monday Fun Quiz!
- After more than a decade of munificent salary-and-stock packages, many of America's corporate chieftains are departing with big retirement packages, provoking anger among some worker and shareholder activists.
- This munificent seven have a total of €7,500 to dole out to clubs before May.
