indulgently

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Recent Examples of indulgently Other actors have done so more indulgently. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 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
  • Week 7’s two Monday games saw the Detroit Lions comfortably handle the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Seahawks outlast the Houston Texans to provide a small salve to Seattle sports fans.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Then the family will be back together again comfortably.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • That works fine — except when there are 500 other curious people using their phones around you!
    Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And though this slick east-side restaurant has loosened up a bit, the razor-sharp staff still runs the place like the fine-dining spectacle it's been for 20 years, with perfect pacing and so much poise.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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