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Recent Examples of charitably
These days, Christmas movies, broadly and charitably defined, seem to be synonymous with the brassy, hokey, sickly sweet sort of fare that has a permanent home on the Hallmark Channel and is in perpetual rotation on Netflix.
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Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
In effect, this is just a trope of mondo films — or, less charitably, mockumentaries.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
And kudos to Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow, above, for charitably helping them on their way.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Less charitably, this part of his lab is a graveyard.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
Sol de Janeiro is thinking charitably for its newest push.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
In effect, this is just a trope of mondo films — or, less charitably, mockumentaries.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
And kudos to Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow, above, for charitably helping them on their way.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Less charitably, this part of his lab is a graveyard.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
Sol de Janeiro is thinking charitably for its newest push.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for charitably
Adverb
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Vance Joseph tried outfitting himself in a modest tone, even if his unit hasn’t exactly acted benevolently toward its training camp counterpart.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Giving altruistically may be unrealistic when the sun confronts Neptune.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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But sellers do not offer lower prices to some consumers altruistically.—
George Slover,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Fiercely and humanely protect whatever gives you the most joy and grounding as it is needed to provide the core energy and wellspring from which everything else flows.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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After consulting with multiple veterinarians, facility staff made the choice to humanely euthanize him early Wednesday.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Our partners over there are looking for everyday heroes, like teachers, first responders, heck, anyone who has selflessly served others.—
Nashville Tennessean,
Nashville Tennessean,
15 Oct. 2025
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This part of the story is a story in itself, but the wars and the result left two-thirds of the recruits dead and rendered Rusty’s appendages useless as he selflessly piloted night and day to fight off every rogue machine.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Lazary was most impressed with how diligently and unselfishly Haight developed from a top-line scorer into a responsible, third-line, two-way center.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Nor from showing how Bull unselfishly and painfully gets in the way when preventing Sterling from mounting his beloved Honey.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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The hostess seemed to accept this quite cheerfully and, in fact, expect the mess.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The Blue Jackets were outpaced and outclassed, and took their lopsided loss graciously.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Jeff Schenck with Hybrid Entertainment graciously purchased my wigs, and even offered unlimited transportation to any of my appointments.—
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Parker has always seemed to amiably float along in his retro-futurist space cloud.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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And Tarrant’s Noa, despite getting more screentime than either of them, is so far more just an amiably clueless straight man for everyone else (but mostly Colette) to project their weirdness onto than a compelling personality of his own.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Charitably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charitably. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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