munificent

munificent

1. antelias

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munificent

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Englannin sanakirja

munificent (englanti > suomi)

1. antelias, avokätinen

munificent englanniksi

1. puhekieltä Very liberal in giving or bestowing.

2. 1859, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, ch. 30:

Tellson's Bank . . . was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.

3. 1974 April 8, "http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908529,00.html Politics: Milkmen Skimming Off More Cream," Time (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):

Milk producers are among the most munificent backers of political campaigns in the U.S.

4. 2008 March 20, w:Martin Filler|Martin Filler, "http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2008/mar/20/broad-minded-museum/ Broad-Minded Museum," New York Review of Books (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):

An exceptionally munificent benefactor of several institutions, he has given $100 million each to MIT and Harvard.

5. puhekieltä Very generous; lavish.

6. 1886, w:Louisa May Alcott|Louisa May Alcott, Jos Boys'', ch. 1:

On the hill, where kites used to be flown, stood the fine college which Mr Laurence's munificent legacy had built.

7. 1914, w:William MacLeod Raine|William MacLeod Raine, A Daughter of the Dons, ch. 25:

It was all very well for this casual youth to make her a present of a half million acres of land in this debonair way, but she could not persuade herself to accept so munificent a gift.

8. 1969 April 11, "http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900773,00.html?promoid=googlep Business: Up, Up and Away with Wages," Time (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):

The machinists finally agreed to a munificent increase averaging 5.7% a year for three years.

9. generous

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