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INDULGENTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indulgently mean?
• INDULGENTLY (adverb)
The adverb INDULGENTLY has 1 sense:
1. in an indulgent manner
Familiarity information: INDULGENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an indulgent manner
Context example:
I was indulgently advised to give the kids what they wanted unless I wished my son to be socially ostracised
Pertainym:
indulgent (tolerant or lenient)
Context examples
"Very good," said the Professor, indulgently; "we leave it at that. I will now ask you to look at this bone."
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Holmes smiled indulgently.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Lestrade laughed indulgently.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The surgeon smiled indulgently.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He smiled indulgently.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"Polysynthetic certainly," said Challenger, indulgently.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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