philanthropic
adjective
of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent.
philanthropical
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a variation of
philanthropic.
Example Sentences
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“Jacinda could be tapped by any number of United Nations, or charitable, or philanthropical, or other kinds of organizations,” Hoadley said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Mrs. Smith was perhaps best known for the far-reaching philanthropical work that she and her husband, the late Robert H. Smith, undertook.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021
“A circle of like-minded philanthropical ladies, meeting, as was their habit, at Dr. Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party in Candler Park.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
ExxonMobil heads the list with a donation of between $1m and $5m that it claimed was purely philanthropical.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2015
What had previously appeared to them a ring of rapacious monopolists seemed now an association of worthy philanthropical gentlemen.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee
