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generosity or gifts (often money) given through generosity

Did she really mean to eat still, and after all that largess?
Eudora Welty -- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

"And the manager puts no strings on his largess," Grady went on.
Stephen King -- The Shining
Largesse from the conquering proconsuls and television giveaways from the successful lipstick king.
Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
The Garcias could not afford extras, and they did not want to put their hosts in the embarrassing position of having to spend money out of largesse.
Julia Alvarez -- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Sir, God thank you, said the noble knight, Sir Tristram, and Isoud; of your great goodness and largess ye are peerless.
Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur
These words were of my Leader, wherefore I prayed him, that he should give me largess of the food for which he had given me largess of desire.
Dante Alighieri -- Dante's Inferno
It was weird to be living in such sudden largess, especially after the yellow house.
Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key
Sir, God thank you, said the noble knight, Sir Tristram, and Isoud; of your great goodness and largess ye are peerless.
Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II
This largess moved my mother-tea, an act of humility.
Maxine Hong Kingston -- The Woman Warrior
You may believe you can show largesse to these creatures, befriend them, join with them, but you are deceived.
Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
Over and beside Signior Baptista's liberality, I'll mend it with a largess.
William Shakespeare -- The Taming of the Shrew
Such a man could not fail to be rich; yet his wealth was not altogether the largess of royal patrons.
Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
The traveling salesman seemed greatly to appreciate the amiability shown him in return for his largesse.
Albert Camus -- The Plague
He liked the lordliness of giving largess.
Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
Moody seemed content to live off the largess of his family.
Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
"Scores," the Director repeated and flung out his arms, as though he were distributing largesse.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World
Every now and then rose the cry, "A largess! a largess!" and Tom responded by scattering a handful of bright new coins abroad for the multitude to scramble for.
Mark Twain -- The Prince and The Pauper
He hoped that in the morning, when word of his largesse had spread, not a soul in the hotel would be hesitant to provide him the answer to any question he might pose.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
A lady's largesse.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
My client has no idea I came here, no knowledge of what's happened, all of which might fuel the fires of his largess if I described what I've experienced and observed.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum

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