generous
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Upset Lidl shoppers have complained on social media the supermarket chain's updated loyalty scheme is less generous than before.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
Almost always comes an incalculably generous reward: a smile and a greeting returned.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Vigorous, playful and charmingly generous, he became fast friends with most of the talented artists around him, such as Martin Johnson Heade and Jervis McEntee.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
It is, in many ways, a generous and thoughtful ambition.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
I repositioned my bike helmet, my curls tied in a low bun underneath, confident I was protected by my oversized sunglasses and a generous slathering of sunblock insisted on by Mom.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing generous
Positive Words to Describe a Person
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Positive Adjectives to Describe People
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