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Definition
kind and generous in spirit — especially toward those defeated in battle
- And me to go magnanimously to forgive her, and have pity on her!Part Three (74% in)
- He felt that the husband was magnanimous even in his sorrow, while he had been base and petty in his deceit.Part Four (76% in)
- I know you are a truly magnanimous man," said Betsy, stopping in the little drawing-room, and with special warmth shaking hands with him once more.Part Four (86% in)
- It means that I, hating him, but still recognizing that I have wronged him—and I consider him magnanimous—that I humiliate myself to write to him....Part Six (75% in)
- If you will allow me to recapitulate, it was like this: when you parted, you were as magnanimous as could possibly be; you were ready to give her everything—freedom, divorce even.Part Seven (54% in)
There are no more uses of "magnanimous" in Anna Karenina.
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