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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

charitable

/ˈt͡ʃæɹətəbəl/

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What does charitable mean?

adjective

  1. Pertaining to charity.
  2. Kind, generous.
  3. Having a purpose or character of a charity.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃæɹətəbəl/

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She was a gay little Manon, unwitting of society’s fierce conception of morality, but, nevertheless, good to her neighbour and charitable.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233
Master Thomas was one of the many pious slaveholders who hold slaves for the very charitable purpose of taking care of them.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
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As a speaker at charitable meetings the like of him for drawing your tears and your money was not easy to find.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
The delightful family party which Emma was securing for herself, poor Harriet must, in mere charitable caution, be kept at a distance from.
Jane AustenEmmaProject Gutenberg ebook #158
And note that such conduct on their part would have been not only charitable and fraternal, but in accord with the sternest justice.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444