noble-minded

[ noh-buhl-mahyn-did ]

adjective

1. characterized by morally admirable thought or motives; righteous; worthy.

Other Words From

• noble-minded·ly adverb
• noble-minded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of noble-minded¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

If I seem to have posed before you as a noble-minded philanthropist, I have been guilty of careless misrepresentation.

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You are good and noble-minded, and I have absolute trust in your generosity.

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Not long after the partition this noble-minded statesman died, full, as the historian says, of glory and virtues.

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A noble-minded man would only have recourse to such measures in the most utter extremity.

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Your daily life may become a higher education, and is so to the truly noble-minded and well-educated girl or woman.

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