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
It is this unpretentious, large-minded quality that English Novelist Drabble clearly loves about Bennett.
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
These memoirs should provide a freshening reminder that he was a gentle, reticent, large-minded man.
From Time Magazine Archive
As he grew older, and years and experience sweetened his nature, he became large-hearted and large-minded enough to feel that beyond certain limits there was a possibly lawful freedom.
From Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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