(a.) Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror.
(a.) Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish.
Example Sentences:
(1) One is the stubborn mystery of how a giant of its liberation movements, an intellectual who showed forgiveness and magnanimity years before Mandela emerged from jail, could turn into the living caricature of despotism.
(2) "He makes the superb point that the London Olympics would be a perfect opportunity for Britain to magnanimously put an end to what Greeks and the majority of people in the EU, including the UK, see as a historical wrongdoing."
(3) The city claims to be the richest and most exciting on Earth, in which case it can show magnanimity.
(4) I understand that the football world will say that Barcelona is stronger, that they are the favourites, this does not offend me," he added, magnanimously accepting that the palpably superior side are indeed palpably superior to his team.
(5) Amid the celebrations, held in front of a strange mix of celebrities that included Andy Murray, Danny Cipriani, Dynamo the magician and Katie Price, Haye was magnanimous enough to praise Chisora's durability and what he described as "one of the best chins" he has faced.
(6) Hopefully we’ve done that tonight.” John Herdman, Canada’s English coach proved magnanimous in defeat.
(7) Many in this country of 50 million people view Mandela, who led the African National Congress to power, as a father figure and an icon of integrity and magnanimity amid the nation's increasingly messy politics.
(8) But the public and the press should know that these disclosures aren’t some act of government magnanimity – their hand was forced by organizations like EFF, ACLU, and Epic that have been trying to pry this information loose for years.” Stepanovich, now a lawyer with the digital and human rights group Access, gave a similar assessment.
(9) The victors have the responsibility to act magnanimously.
(10) Both worked for Disney, so naturally were rooting for Newsies and Peter and the Starcatcher but magnanimously conceded that "we did go see Once today and it's a great show".
(11) The man of peace shows no magnanimity in his great victory .
(12) On the day of victory, Michael Foot was magnanimous enough to congratulate her after she had borne a huge burden of responsibility pretty much alone.
(13) It’s for all the men who don’t know which of their kind and magnanimous actions could be interpreted as sexist, creepy or inappropriate: Telling a junior female staff member that she has “piercing eyes” is a sexist act.
(14) The hearing was attended by five members of his victim's family, who, with majestic magnanimity, were there to petition for his death sentence to be commuted.
(15) The ministers preparing to defy Cameron and George Osborne and campaign for Brexit are certainly not banking on magnanimity on 24 June.
(16) Mr Pope was the first American to be sentenced for espionage in Russia for 40 years, though Mr Putin promptly displayed magnanimity and pardoned him.
(17) "Now China can be magnanimous and say it is acting in solidarity with its brothers and sisters in Africa [who will benefit from the money], and that it is not going to stand in the way of a deal," he said.
(18) He may yet feel magnanimous again, but right now it's sensitive.
(19) When I gently indicated my awareness of this person's altered state, the result was a magnanimous offer to share.
(20) He doesn’t need too much space to have shots.” Laurent Blanc, the magnanimous PSG manager, credited the home side for getting through the tie.
Risible
Definition:
(a.) Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.
(a.) Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing.
(a.) Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is all too easy to show that RT’s coverage is rife with conspiracy theories and risible fabrications: one programme showed fake documents intended to prove that the US was guiding the Ukrainian government to ethnically cleanse Russian speakers from western Ukraine.
(2) "For the most part the rewards for acquiescing to GOC demands are risible: pomp-full dinners and meetings and, for the most pliant, a photo op with one of the Castro brothers.
(3) They are meant to keep the blood of the masses at a risible level, should they be called upon for serviceable violence.
(4) Even when it summons up the courage to state the bleeding obvious, such as the fact that the Quill, a risible block of student housing next to the Shard, is poorly designed, Cabe is ignored.
(5) Mulholland said the idea that Megrahi had acted alone was "risible", and said "justice has only partly been done".
(6) Long before they tucked into the starters there was something whiffy about the relationship between No 10 and News International: why did the prime minister stand by his PR man long after most sentient people had concluded that his denials of involvement in phone-hacking were risible?
(7) Shadow justice secretary, Lord Falconer, described the £10m cash injection as a “risibly small” response to the prisons crisis.
(8) In the face of the scale of the prison crisis the £10m looks risibly small.
(9) The incidental pleasures in Fading Gigolo start with its sweet and slightly risible premise: John Turturro – a florist named Fioravante – has the sexual magic touch for the lonely, libidinous matrons of the One Percent.
(10) The idea of a social mobility drive , contingent as it is on the supposition that parents need convincing that their children should have a better life than they themselves received, may seem risible – but let's suspend disbelief.
(11) He said: “Those elements are risible and in many ways pathetic.
(12) 36 min: Korea have got a foothold in this game now, attacking strongly down either flank - Lee Young-pyo goes on a long meander here - but time and again the final ball is utterly risible.
(13) The following day, Dimbleby was interested to see how Griffin's party had reportedly turned on their leader for giving a risible account of himself.
(14) A source from the Department for Education (DfE) used even stronger language, describing the review as "risible", but a source at the council accused the government of "social worker bashing".
(15) Sky seems to have devoted a whole channel to them.” He leaves no doubt that this is a risible state of affairs.
(16) "Megrahi was a member of the Libyan security service – it is risible to think that he acted alone.
(17) Any idea that they want a life on benefits is risible when all they want is a decent job and a future."
(18) 2.00pm GMT Deadline day, the action so far ... • David Beckham is en route to PSG for a medical • Mario Balotelli has finalised his move to AC Milan • Swansea striker Danny Graham is at Sunderland to discuss personal terms and do a medical • Norwich City have tabled a bid for Celtic striker Gary Hooper • Newcastle owner Mike Ashley arrived at work in a helicopter • Chris Samba has joined QPR for £12.5m and will be paid the risibly small sum of £100,000 per week.
(19) Worse still, it concluded, if Europe failed to surmount its economic crisis the prize would be a “risible memory, or worse, an epitaph for what Europe could have been, should have been.” 11.33am BST Aid donations My colleague Mark Tran, the Guardian's Global Development correspondent, has sent this as a counterpoint to the detractors: Something positive to say about the EU.
(20) The RA’s search for echoes of Rubens even when they are very tenuous becomes quite risible.