indulgently

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Recent Examples of indulgently 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
  • Technically, the home could comfortably fit a family of six or more, though there would be some sharing involved.
    Katrina Cossey, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That was basically enough to erase all the other positives from a game the Chiefs should’ve won — and probably comfortably.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Though the album’s genres are superficially diverse—you’ll hear flashes of grunge, trap, and, yes, reggae—its arrangements could work fine as royalty-free background music for content creators.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The league constitution grants Goodell the authority to fine, suspend or even terminate the contract of a coach for conduct detrimental to the league.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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
  • The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Given that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ostentatiously dropped nearly all their public commitments when moved to California in 2021, this seems to represent a turnaround.
    Alexander Larman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Indulgently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indulgently. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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