magnanimous /m??n'?n?m?s/
Synonyms:
adjective: generous, large-hearted, high-minded, noble-minded, great-hearted, noble, liberal
If you are magnanimous, you behave kindly and generously towards someone, especially after defeating them or being treated badly by them. Adjective
Synonym generous
Antonym vindictive
I was prepared to be magnanimous, prepared to feel compassion for him.
He was a man capable of magnanimous gestures.
magnanimously Adverb usu ADV with v
`You were right, and we were wrong,' he said magnanimously