Adjective : a munificent bequest. From Dictionary.com.
An Infirmary on a large scale, and munificently supported. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829] Reference
Mr. Rhodes, as usual, gave munificently in aid of the sufferers, and Sir. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The establishment was munificently endowed and liberally supported, and the. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
Catherine once in her capital, and was there munificently entertained by her. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Swelling, at that instant, with the consciousness of patronizing and most munificently rewarding Mark!. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
It was Charles who escorted the errant lady into Lille, but later the duke himself entertained her munificently. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
We can trust in this: The greed merchants – munificently encouraged by OUR chosen leaders -- will keep squeezing. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Obtuse Electorate] Reference
But, I adjure those excellent persons who aid, munificently, in the building of New Churches, to think of these Ragged. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellaneous Papers] Reference
Irish landlords did not contribute very munificently to the Famine-fund; but here is £1000 from one, and for a special locality. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines] Reference
Professors of those arts were habitually sought for with great eagerness by the highest personages, and often munificently rewarded. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
Here nature has opened her stores so munificently, that all the husbandman has to do is to plow, sow, and garner the fruits of his labor. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
That the first season has been disappointing is no doubt their fault, but options are not lightly dropped even by munificently patronized enterprises. From Wordnik.com. [Lincoln Center] Reference
When we arrived at the airport, Mr. Steczynski munificently used his black AmEx to treat all three of us to first-class seats on the next flight to JFK. From Wordnik.com. [Elixir] Reference
They are only to say whether or not they will accept five million acres of land that Congress munificently offers them for the construction of their railways. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
Fox and most other mainstream media entities are the syringes mainlining the mind-altering, psychosis-inducing propaganda munificently showered upon Americans by the Party. From Wordnik.com. [Shed Your Addiction:] Reference
He munificently welcomed them to Brandenburg; showed really. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12] Reference
When I consider how munificently the colleges of Cambridge and. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859] Reference
George the Second had contributed munificently to her Senate House. From Wordnik.com. [Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)] Reference
"We pay four lire a day and furnish his meals," she added munificently. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Junior] Reference
'We pay four lire a day and furnish his meals,' she added munificently. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry] Reference
He had brought them in a private car and taken care of them munificently. From Wordnik.com. [The Highgrader] Reference
Private Foundation, no matter how munificently the latter may be endowed. From Wordnik.com. [American Notes] Reference
I applaud those benevolent societies which munificently encouraged that work. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4] Reference
My family, signorina, are poor; they need the four francs which you so munificently pay. '. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry] Reference
In return, several men were sent to La Salle, munificently laden with provisions and other gifts. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago] Reference
The sculpture of the human figure became a noble object of ambition, and was most munificently rewarded. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
In the preceding generation a writer of eminent merit was sure to be munificently rewarded by the government. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3] Reference
Lover's Lane wound its enchanted path, and the old apple orchard which still bore its rosy harvests munificently. From Wordnik.com. [Anne's House of Dreams] Reference
The merchant, to reward him for his news, munificently made him a present of a fine red herring for his breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds] Reference
Shakespeare, and even men much inferior to Shakespeare, have been able to provide for this stipulation munificently. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century] Reference
Flanders; and he now munificently offered, if the city would give him a piece of ground, to build them one at his own expense. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth] Reference
In the midst of a prosperous career, with fortune "both hands full," smiling on every side, munificently treated by the British. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
Mr. Eastman took them all to lunch, at a modest table d'hote in the neighborhood, tipped the waiter munificently, asked in an aside for. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday's Child] Reference
The invasion of Xerxes on the Greeks was not more munificently provided for than that of "The Capitalist" upon the credulity and avarice of mankind. From Wordnik.com. [The Caxtons — Complete] Reference
Sometimes they are munificently rewarded by their generation with praises and material goods, as was Apelles among the Greeks, and Raphael among the Italians. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
The children of the benevolent societies which he had munificently supported during his lifetime, and some of which he had founded, followed his body to the grave. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers] Reference
They have been most munificently assisted by the heads of great mercantile houses, numerously represented, I am happy to say, around me, and they have a funded capital of almost. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches: Literary and Social] Reference
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