indulgently

adverb

Definition of indulgentlynext
as in immoderately

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Recent Examples of indulgently There are no indulgently long songs—SUSS record in the present perfect. — Brian Howe, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026 And if the calm of the room interior hasn’t quite washed away the busy day, the indulgently oversized marble bathtubs certainly will. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026 Nahill is even featured in a video, indulgently attempting to snack on a donut, before Tyson, now a de facto spokesperson for HHS’ healthy foods initiatives, slaps it out of his hand. — Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 27 Feb. 2026 That doesn’t mean the music gets overly bleak or indulgently dreary. — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026 Craving something indulgently sweet? — 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 Its website indulgently advertises the existence of the legal agreements. — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indulgently
  1. wastefully
  2. comfortably
  3. fine
  4. wantonly
  5. ostentatiously
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
Definition of wastefully
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  • This is a rematch of a 2022 semifinal, which was comfortably won by France.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • The former YouTube executive will command a budget comfortably north of £1 billion a year, making her second only to the BBC’s Kate Phillips as the most powerful content chief in the UK.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 9 July 2026
Definition of comfortably
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  • The same device also applies a protective nano-ceramic coating during this process, and Linyo says this should work fine on most exterior finishes and wraps.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said at a June press conference that some of the welfare checks found minors were doing fine with their families.
    — Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 6 July 2026
Definition of fine
Adverb
  • But even here, where the damage is being done gleefully and wantonly, the US Congress has stood up to these funding cuts in a bipartisan manner.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of wantonly
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  • Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of ostentatiously

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