as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals
magnanimously decided to forgive her former classmates, who had treated her so badly
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Recent Examples of magnanimously
Coaches who, in the best cases (and there have been so many best cases) taught your kid to win magnanimously and lose graciously and compete whole-heartedly.
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Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
My For You page is a shrine to snatched young women magnanimously sharing their tips for taut faces.
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Georgia Casey,
Allure,
6 Feb. 2026
Mamdani magnanimously noted the president’s high support in 2024 for a Republican in New York.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
22 Nov. 2025
Heidi Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
My For You page is a shrine to snatched young women magnanimously sharing their tips for taut faces.
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Georgia Casey,
Allure,
6 Feb. 2026
Mamdani magnanimously noted the president’s high support in 2024 for a Republican in New York.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
22 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnanimously
Adverb
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However, it was reduced to disorderly conduct and he was discharged honorably.
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To be absolutely clear, nobody, except maybe Melanie, is behaving honorably here, but a good Love Island story line isn’t measured in admirable behavior; it is measured in juice — and Melanie, Corbin, Kenzie, and Caleb have it.
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Vermax was in dire trouble until Baela Targaryen (Bethany Antonia) heroically steered her Moondancer and broke the rope attached to the anchor.
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But Cape Verde simply did not wilt in a solid, switched-on 4-5-1 defensive shape, compressing space between the lines and defending heroically in their own penalty area to keep the European Champions at bay, and committing only one foul in the process — the fewest ever recorded in a World Cup game.
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“Magnanimously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magnanimously. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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