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Recent Examples of indulgently
Craving something indulgently sweet?
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Jennifer Hussein, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
Yet Göring dominates the movie thanks to Russell Crowe’s performance, somehow both indulgently big and dexterously subtle.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
All in all, the whole thing feels indulgently French.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Jennifer Hussein, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
Yet Göring dominates the movie thanks to Russell Crowe’s performance, somehow both indulgently big and dexterously subtle.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
All in all, the whole thing feels indulgently French.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indulgently
Adverb
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On a pretty dead pitch offering very little to the bowlers, the quartet wastefully surrendered their wickets for all that England deserved credit (particularly Archer) for persistence and a generally probing line after what had been a fairly disastrous start to the day from Carse.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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At the start of the decade, qualified buyers could lock in rates comfortably under 4%, but that changed in the years that followed, thanks to high inflation and elevated interest rates designed to cool it.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Kim will look to go back-to-back-to-back and win a third consecutive halfpipe gold in tomorrow's final after comfortably topping the leaderboard in this morning's qualifying, and she will be joined by two of her Team USA teammates.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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So mailing your ballot may work out fine, or may not.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Medium- or fine-grind cornmeal makes pancakes with a pleasant grittiness, while buttermilk keeps the interiors light and tender.—
Ken Haedrich,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Likewise, a circumstance all by itself could be the matter of regulating AI makers about allowing their AI to wantonly provide mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The elegant houses of Georgetown were ostentatiously weather-beaten.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Indulgently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indulgently. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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