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
From 1985 to 1999, Mr. Ross was director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, a philanthropical organization founded by the heirs of oil company executive John D. Rockefeller.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022
“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
I do not for a moment regret our philanthropical move, despite its awful waste of life and gold.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
