MAGNANIMOUSLY Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

magnanimously

adverb

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. —

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. —

Georgia Casey, Allure, 6 Feb. 2026 Mamdani magnanimously noted the president’s high support in 2024 for a Republican in New York. —

Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025

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Rush was honorably discharged a decade earlier, in February 2015, as a lieutenant (O-3), according to court documents.

— Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2026
Rush had been in the Navy but was honorably discharged in 2015, the affidavit says.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 27 May 2026