generous spirit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenerousandspirit
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generous
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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spirit
noun
uk/ˈspɪr.ɪt/us/ˈspɪr.ət/
a particular way of thinking, feeling, or behaving, especially a way that is typical of a particular group of people, an activity, a time, or ...
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(Definition ofgenerousandspiritfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thatgenerousspiritcharacterises official bodies.
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I was trying to answer in agenerousspirit.
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We should at any rate have shown agenerousspirit.
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They interpret these things in a broad andgenerousspirit.
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There has been agenerousspiritin the debate tonight.
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That is something, in agenerousspirit, that we all welcome.
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But where is thisgenerousspiritof helping out, and so forth?
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Where is thisgenerousspiritabout which we have heard so much in this scheme?
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I think we have treated agriculture in a liberal andgenerousspirit.
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This is the time to respond to him in a moregenerousspirit.
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I hope that it will enter into thegenerousspiritwhich has pervaded these debates.
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Let them deal with it in a broad andgenerousspirit.
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We recognise thegenerousspiritin which it has been conceived.
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It is open to him to deal with that in agenerousspirit.
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They were then inclined to look on these things in a broader and moregenerousspirit.
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The problem, as this document shows, is being approached in agenerousspirit.
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He must be truly motivated by agenerousspiritthis morning.
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Why does he not show agenerousspiritin this matter?
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In such cases there has been a new andgenerousspiritin the administration of grants.
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Each case is considered on its merits, and the scheme is administered in agenerousspirit.
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I am sorry to say we do not observe the samegenerousspirit.
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They do so through thegenerousspiritof friends and relations.
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He was also a notablygenerousspirit.
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I merely say, in agenerousspirit, that attempts to do anything about it may prove futile.
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