generously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English generous

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English generously

From generous + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

generously (comparative more generously, superlative most generously)

1. In a generous manner, in a way that is giving or ample.

   He generously donated what little he could.

   The dessert generously filled a large plate.

   • 2006, Ian Shenton, The Trouble with Plants: Tales of Trivia and Tribulation from an English Garden, page 80:

     Consequently, to brighten up a shady spot in the front garden we have recently added ‘Harlequin’, its green foliage splashed generously with white, though hopefully not to be splashed generously with a multicolour yawn.

Synonyms

• freely
• liberally
• royally

Translations

in a generous manner

• Catalan: generosament (ca)
• Esperanto: malavare, grandanime
• Finnish: anteliaasti (fi)
• Galician: xenerosamente
• Latin: largē (la)
• Norman: génétheusement
• Polish: hojnie (pl)
• Portuguese: generosamente
• Russian: великодушно (ru) (velikodušno)
• Spanish: generosamente (es)