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How to spell generous

Generous is spelled G-E-N-E-R-O-U-S.

hear itgen·er·ous/'dʒɛnərəs/adjectiveSchwa and roots

What it means: Willing to give and share freely.

In a sentence: The generous girl shared her cookies with all her friends.

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Same family: generously, generosity, give, kind, charitable. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Generous” comes from Latin *generosus*, meaning “of noble birth” or “noble in spirit.” Over time, the idea of noble character shifted to our modern sense of being kind and giving more than is necessary.

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