Words at Play : Top 10 Sophisticated Compliments
Definition:
having or showing a generous and kind nature
Example:
"John F. Kennedy was also famously magnanimous to his political opponents, slow to anger and unfailingly easy going." — Roger Stone, HuffingtonPost.com, January 10, 2014
About the Word:
A magnanimous person shows great spirit, and the word itself refers to those qualities: magnanimous comes from the Latin magnus, "great" + animus, "spirit."
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