too-generous

too-generous
adjective
very generous
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distributed gifts with a lavish hand

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the critics were lavish in their praise

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a munificent gift

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his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent

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prodigal praise

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unsparing generosity

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his unstinted devotion

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called for unstinting aid to Britain

Similar to: ↑generous
Derivationally related forms: ↑munificence (for: ↑munificent), ↑lavishness (for: ↑lavish)

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