generous – English adjective declension

English adjective forms of generous

Adjective: generous

Comparison Forms

Synthetic

Perifrastic

Comparativemore generous
Superlativemost generous

Sample Sentences

  • Thank you for your generous words.
  • Although the extension to Crewe carried the line much nearer to the town, it was decided to retain this station, and a large enclosure there was roofed over to accommodate third class passengers (the M.B.R. was more generous than most railways in its treatment of what were then known as the "lower orders"). [1957 September 26, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 618:]
  • She's been extremely generous with her winnings.
  • Add a generous helping of mayonnaise.
  • his generous buttocks
  • Incoherency had overtaken his speech, but he was unaware of it. Nor did he connect the smashing of a bottle with the generous curve of his transit. [1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 117:]
  • [H]is hard jaw worked slowly upon a generous mouthful of plug cut. [1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 4:]
  • The ice cream parlors served generous scoops, hand-dipped by college-bound teenagers who spoke through colorful orthodontia. [2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 226:]
  • a generous wine

Etymology

From Middle French genereux, and its source, Latin generōsus (“of noble birth”), from genus (“race, stock”). See: Latin Adjectives 'generōsus'.