magnanimously

UK: /mægˈnænɪməsli/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

mag•nan•i•mous /mægˈnænəməs/   adj. 

1. generous and gracious in forgiving an insult or harm done to one:
   magnanimous after his victory.

mag•nan•i•mous•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mag•nan•i•mous  (mag nan′ə məs), adj. 

1. generous in forgiving an insult or injury;
   free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness:
   to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
2. high-minded;
   noble:
   a just and magnanimous ruler.
3. proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character, etc.:
   a magnanimous gesture of forgiveness.

• Latin magnanimus great-souled, equivalent. to magn(us) magn- + anim(us) spirit, soul, mind + -us -ous
• 1575–85

mag•nan′i•mous•ly, adv. 
mag•nan′i•mous•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. big, liberal, unspiteful.
• 2. See noble.