large-minded
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of large-minded
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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Shakespeare is thus both nativist and international, chauvinistic and large-minded, malleable to incompatible causes and ideologies.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2019
But unlike many of his fellow philosophes, Voltaire was large-minded enough to realize what the end of faith meant, and wise enough to have no undue optimism about the nature of man without God.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the German viewpoint wise and peaceful co-operation between debtor and creditor countries might include two large-minded measures whereby Germany's capacity to make international payments might be increased.
From Time Magazine Archive
The story begins in the 1940s at a political dinner given in honor of Judge Simon Mannix, a shrewd, large-minded man who has been "mentioned" for the Supreme Court.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was large-minded; “a full man,” if there was one; but the very name of my enterprise would suggest to him only capitulations of sincerity and solecisms of style.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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