indulgently

Definition of indulgentlynext

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Recent Examples of indulgently 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
  • 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
  • Moments before, King was pictured adoringly looking at his daughter Yolanda as Martin III sat comfortably in Coretta's arms.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Petro sat in a favorite leather armchair, dressed comfortably in sneakers, slacks, and a white cardigan; a female assistant was combing his hair.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • More than 20 years ago, chef Lanny Lancarte II bought a former 1930s duplex on West Seventh Street for a fine-dining restaurant.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station are doing fine after the first-ever medical evaluation from the orbital lab, NASA says.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • But the sentiment — quelling a craving, fueling a fervor, feeding the psychic hunger of a fanbase famished for reasons to celebrate ostentatiously — is applicable more broadly, too.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Foster’s creation attracts attention by being ostentatiously conservative.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2025

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“Indulgently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indulgently. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.

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