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Example sentences for "generously"

Lexicographically close words:
genero; generosa; generosities; generosity; generous; generum; genes; genetic; genetically; genetics
  1. If a search were made, he would like to be at hand, so that Mrs. Meyrick might not be unaided in meeting any consequences-- supposing that she would generously continue to watch over Mirah.

  2. Sometimes the ex-President is said to have too generously given office and promotion to the friends he made in Cuba.

  3. They had lashed a great Red Cross flag to the chimney and filled the clean shelves of the generously built kitchen with bottles of antiseptics and bitter-smelling drugs and surgeons' cutlery.

  4. For of all people, the Quakers have learned to manage generously and economically.

  5. He enlarged in their honour the mysterious Ebarra, the sacred seat of their worship, and that which no king from the earliest times had known how to build for his divine master, that did he generously for Shamash his master.

  6. Cole-Syria, after having generously nourished the Oriental empires which had preyed upon her, became one of the granaries of the Roman world, under the capable rule of the Cæsars.

  7. It seems to be the custom for the king's physician to taste the draught prescribed for him, and an attenpt being made to do this by the British, the sick monarch generously forbade it.

  8. Perceiving at a short distance a number of old foxes watching him, he generously let the cub go, and it sprang with a bound to its parents and licked them profusely.

  9. When the people of the village heard this noble resolution they generously gave him a sum of money in order that the respected old farmer might present it to the sacred shrines.

  10. I was entirely out of the way of serving or of hurting any statesman or any party, when the ministers so generously and so nobly carried into effect the spontaneous bounty of the crown.

  11. As to the distinguished persons to whom my friends who remain are joined, if benefits nobly and generously conferred ought to procure good wishes, they are entitled to my best vows; and they have them all.

  12. With the exception of the captain, not one of them ever questioned where the money came from that provided so generously for their wants during those two weeks.

  13. The Bandit, though a Christian, is a proud man; and it is not acting generously to humble any man too much.

  14. I beg leave especially to thank that officer for the assistance he afforded, and for very generously dividing with my command the provisions lie had brought from St. Catharines with him for his own men.

  15. Had Apostate England dealt generously or justly with Catholic Ireland, who knows if, in the alliances that would have been formed, she would have been equally steadfast in her faith?

  16. The hospitality so generously granted by the emperor to communities of men, although prohibited by law, will, in this way, remain inviolate.

  17. It can be easily understood that he was indignant at such a calumny, and generously offered to guarantee his innocence.

  18. He bade his wife implore of the unknown lady who had so generously befriended them to accept the blessing he was not worthy to give, but which nevertheless was the last and only tribute a dying man could offer.

  19. Marquis will reward you most generously for your work; and, besides, you will be doing a good action, for it is a great sin to see the estate of the master worse cared for than that of his servants.

  20. Well, you have hitherto devoted yourself generously to the interests of your parents.

  21. Here, then, a religious reason was advanced, in lieu of the real one, why the Indians should oppose the British, by whom they had always been generously treated.

  22. The kind care of my family you have so generously offered penetrates me with the deepest gratitude.

  23. Dr Jackson has generously laid upon himself the additional burden of helping me to see the volume through the Press.

  24. Animated by a rare desire after simple truth, generously candid and free from all pretence or pedantry, he wrote in a style which was peculiarly sparkling, lucid and attractive.

  25. He meant everything he said, and most generously gave up his prospects, at least of companionship, for the sake of those companions.

  26. An officer of the Navy, detailed for the purpose, is now on his way to Siberia bearing the testimonials voted by Congress to those who generously succored the survivors of the unfortunate Jeannette expedition.

  27. West gardens, well favored in the beauty of its surrounding trees and generously planted with perennials and shrubs.

  28. The island is generously covered with vegetation, and when its native wild flowers are considered, in addition to the gardens in rich cultivation, it may well be called a garden island.

  29. He made no effort to do so, however, and in the last few weeks has given even more generously than usual to the various philanthropic projects in which he was so interested.

  30. You know, you must remember since your earliest childhood, how every one came to your father with their perplexities and troubles and how benevolently they were received, how wisely advised, how generously aided.

  31. My wages were to have been only five dollars a month, but he generously paid me eight dollars, so that I had earned enough money to pay my way to Boston, whence my friend Eustrom had written me and urged me to come.

  32. The following article appeared in Good Words in August 1883, and is generously contributed to this work by the author, the Rev.

  33. William Kemp, of Trinity, Edinburgh, has generously done a very great deal to unravel the history of the ironworks, and in other ways.

  34. Later on, when clan contests became less frequent, some of the bards found congenial berths as family retainers of the great chiefs and proprietors, who generously rewarded their poetic talents.

  35. A well-bred, generously treated donkey is often of a goodly size.

  36. The cultivation is the same good old-fashioned style practised in England, the beds being well prepared and generously treated with stimulants.

  37. He gave generously to the Baptist Church in Brooklyn in which he worshipped, and from the pews of which he was seldom absent on the Sabbath.

  38. In a volume of this size, of course, it is impossible to speak of but few out of many who have given generously of their wealth, both in this country and abroad.

  39. He gave generously where he became interested.

  40. Mr. McCormick gave generously of his millions after he had acquired wealth.

  41. He gave generously to the country during the Civil War; he contributed largely to the establishment of the Norwich Free Academy and to the Congregational Church in Norwich with which he was connected, and to other worthy objects.

  42. Mrs. Hemenway gave generously to aid the Boston Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association; for she said, "Nothing is too good for the Boston teachers.

  43. After her brother's money came into her hands, Miss Smith continued to economize for herself, but gave generously to others.

  44. It is stated in the Report that the Boston police "have always generously and humanely aided the work of the Shelter.

  45. He gave generously to all religious denominations and to the poor.

  46. Our country has given grandly for education; it will in the future give more generously to reforms which help to do away with poverty and crime.

  47. Mr. Corcoran gave generously as long as he lived, having decided early in life that "at least one-half of his moneyed accumulations should be held for the welfare of men.

  48. Mr. Stephen Whitney Phoenix, who gave so generously to Columbia College, was also, like Mr. George I.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "generously" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acutely; amply; aplenty; conspicuously; eminently; emphatically; exceptionally; exquisitely; extraordinarily; extravagantly; famously; freely; fully; generously; graciously; handsomely; impressively; incredibly; intensely; kindly; lavishly; liberally; magically; magnanimously; magnificently; markedly; marvelously; nobly; notably; particularly; peculiarly; pointedly; preeminently; profusely; prominently; remarkably; singularly; splendidly; surprisingly; uncommonly; unusually; well; wonderfully