All 5 Uses of
magnanimous
in
Anna Karenina
- And me to go magnanimously to forgive her, and have pity on her!†
Part 3 *magnanimously = with a kind and generous in spirit
- He felt that the husband was magnanimous even in his sorrow, while he had been base and petty in his deceit.†
Part 4magnanimous = kind and generous in spirit
- 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 4
- 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....Well, suppose I make the effort; I do it.†
Part 6
- 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 7
Definition:
kind and generous in spirit -- especially toward those defeated in battle