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Generous

Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.

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Ample 84% connected

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.

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Ample 84% connected

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.

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Benevolent 84% connected

Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give…

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Benevolent 84% connected

Having a disposition to do good; possessing or manifesting love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; disposed to give…

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Bounteous 84% connected

Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production.

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Bounteous 84% connected

Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production.

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Bountiful 84% connected

Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.

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Bountiful 84% connected

Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors.

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Giving 84% connected

of Give

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Giving 84% connected

of Give

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Handsome 84% connected

Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.

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Handsome 84% connected

Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Lavish 84% connected

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

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Lavish 84% connected

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.

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Liberal 84% connected

Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spi…

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Liberal 84% connected

Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spi…

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Magnanimous 84% connected

Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous cha…

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Magnanimous 84% connected

Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous cha…

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Munificent 84% connected

Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor.

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Munificent 84% connected

Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor.

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Unsparing 84% connected

Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse.

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Unsparing 84% connected

Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse.

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Charitable 66% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

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Charitable 66% connected

Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

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