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Meanings of too generous in English

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Usage of too generous in English
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A group of shareholders later sued, calling the pay package too generous.
Reuters
2
Popular estimates of their intelligence and moral fiber were none too generous.
Seveneves
3
Mrs. Barry begged the company not to be too generous with it.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
4
His was too generous a nature for revilings and complaints and reproaches.
Homespun Tales
5
But you are too generous to sacrifice so much time and kindness.
Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
6
But I am sure you are too generous not to excuse me.
The Von Toodleburgs; Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Fam...
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He was too generous to others to heap up money for himself.
Pixie O'Shaughnessy
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He had been too generous, and now he could not be just.
Words for the Wise
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You might find that you've been a little too generous and understanding!
The South African
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Harry, indeed, was too generous to suspect him of such a proceeding.
Won from the Waves
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With thousands of claims in the wings, even that may be too generous.
Reuters
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Ellmann has often been accused of being too generous a biographer.
The Irish Times
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This is too generous, because whatever he said, Rumsfeld did nothing about it.
The Guardian
14
The only fault you have, Señor, is being too generous with your money.
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
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Some large-hearted women of society are too generous by half in this way.
Manners and Social Usages
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Even your name, too generous earl, is in the horrid catalogue.
The Scottish Chiefs
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