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单词 high-mindedly
释义

high-minded

adjective

high-mind·​ed ˈhī-ˈmīn-dəd How to pronounce high-minded (audio)
: marked by elevated principles and feelings
also : pretentious
too high-minded to read any fiction Alfred Kazin
high-mindedly adverb
high-mindedness noun

Synonyms

  • big
  • chivalrous
  • elevated
  • gallant
  • great
  • greathearted
  • high
  • lofty
  • lordly
  • magnanimous
  • natural
  • noble
  • sublime
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Word History

First Known Use

1556, in the meaning defined above

high-mindedly

adverb

as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals high-mindedly gave his colleagues all the credit for the successful completion of the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • honorably
  • greatheartedly
  • heroically
  • venerably
  • greatly
  • nobly
  • courageously
  • magnanimously
  • grandly
  • gallantly
  • magnificently
  • loftily
  • bravely
  • majestically
  • chivalrously
  • valiantly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dishonorably
  • basely
  • ignobly
  • currishly
  • wretchedly
  • nastily
  • abominably
  • pitiably
  • detestably
  • contemptibly
  • despicably
  • hatefully
  • sorrily
  • degenerately
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