magnanimously
/mæɡˈnænɪməsli/adverb
magnanimously is an adverb meaning “In a magnanimous manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-G-N-A-N-I-M-O-U-S-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does magnanimously mean?
adverb
- 1
In a magnanimous manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce magnanimously?
- /mæɡˈnænɪməsli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-magnanimously.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of magnanimously
- more magnanimously comparative
- most magnanimously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is magnanimously?
Magnanimously appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Magnanimously in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a magnanimous manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | magnanimement |
| German | großmütig, selbstlos |
| Portuguese | magnanimamente |
| Spanish | magnánimamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does magnanimously come from?
From magnanimous + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).