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generously

adv

Etymology

From generous + -ly.

  1. derived from generōsus — “of noble birth”
  2. derived from genereux
  3. formed as generously — “generous + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a generous manner, in a way that is giving or ample.

    • He generously donated what little he could.
    • The dessert generously filled a large plate.
    • Consequently, to brighten up a shady spot in the front garden we have recently added ‘Harlequin’, its green foliage splashed generously with white, though hopefully not to be splashed generously with a multicolour yawn.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at generously. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at generously. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at generously

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA