Both Uses of
magnanimous
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- But Katerina Ivanovna, though she is magnanimous, she is unjust....And yet, although I realise that when she pulls my hair she only does it out of pity—for I repeat without being ashamed, she pulls my hair, young man," he declared with redoubled dignity, hearing the sniggering again—"but, my God, if she would but once....But no, no!†
Chpt 1.2 *magnanimous = kind and generous in spirit
- She was heartily sick of him before the end, though she had declared at first that she could not have got on without this "serviceable and magnanimous man."†
Chpt 5.2
Definition:
kind and generous in spirit -- especially toward those defeated in battle