generosity
/ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɑ.sə.ti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We have mentioned generosity as an outstanding virtue required in Sioux life."
- "Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet."
- "May the generosities of the founders of these halls, be rewarded by the fair and holy characters which shall be here formed[…]."
- "Givens took the proffered hand. He held it for a time while he allowed the generosity of his nature to overcome his grief at the loss of Bill…"
- "He ate everything, despite the generosity of the portions."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: generosite, generōsitās
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɑ.sə.ti/
- British English: /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɒs.ɪ.ti/