munificent

munificent

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  1. antelias

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Synonyymisanakirja

munificent

  1. antelias, avokätinen, reilu, ylenpalttinen, runsaskätinen, tuhlaavainen, aulis.

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runsaskätinen, antelias puhekieltä Very liberal in giving or bestowing.
1859, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, ch. 30:

Tellson's Bank . . . was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.
1974 April 8, "http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908529,00.html Politics: Milkmen Skimming Off More Cream," Time (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):
Milk producers are among the most munificent backers of political campaigns in the U.S.
2008 March 20, w:Martin Filler|Martin Filler, "http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2008/mar/20/broad-minded-museum/ Broad-Minded Museum," New York Review of Books (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):
An exceptionally munificent benefactor of several institutions, he has given $100 million each to MIT and Harvard.
puhekieltä Very generous; lavish.
1886, w:Louisa May Alcott|Louisa May Alcott, Jos Boys'', ch. 1:
On the hill, where kites used to be flown, stood the fine college which Mr Laurence's munificent legacy had built.
1914, w:William MacLeod Raine|William MacLeod Raine, A Daughter of the Dons, ch. 25:
It was all very well for this casual youth to make her a present of a half million acres of land in this debonair way, but she could not persuade herself to accept so munificent a gift.
1969 April 11, "http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900773,00.html?promoid=googlep Business: Up, Up and Away with Wages," Time (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):
The machinists finally agreed to a munificent increase averaging 5.7% a year for three years.
generous

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munificent rimmaa näiden kanssa:

management, understatement, establishment, vol-au-vent

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munavelli, munavoi, mungopapu, munia, muninta, munittaa

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