charitable
Adjektivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈt͡ʃæɹɪtəbəl//
- Kanada//ˈt͡ʃæɹətəbəl//
- Kanada/[ˈt͡ʃæɹ(ə)ɾəbɫ̩]/
- //ˈt͡ʃɛɹətəbəl//
- /[ˈt͡ʃɛɹ(ə)ɾəbɫ̩]/
Pertaining to charity.
Adjektiv
- 1
Pertaining to charity.
- 2
Kind, generous.
St. Martin [of Tours] looks round, first, deliberately;—becomes aware of a tatterdemalion and thirsty-looking soul of a beggar at his chair side, who has managed to get his cup filled somehow, also—by a charitable lacquey. St. Martin turns his back on the Empress, and hobnobs with him!
Pakistan can sometimes be a cruel environment, its residents caught between the dual pressures of poverty and violence. Yet it is also a place of great kindness, with a strong culture of charitable giving.
- 3
Having a purpose or character of a charity.
Herkunft
From Old French charitable.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more charitable
- Superlativ
- most charitable