indulgentlyadv.
/ɪnˈdʌldʒəntli/ 1. In an indulgent manner; with indulgence or disposition to humour; kindly, favourably, leniently; without strictness or severity.
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society > authority > lack of strictness > [adverb] > indulgently
indulgentlya1625
indulgingly1786
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Dddddddd4v/2 My mother, father, and uncle love me most indulgently, being the onely branch of all their stocks.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xvi. 93 Being thus indulgently put into employment, [I] soon recover'd myself.
1884 Manch. Examiner 8 May 5/3 Not in the humour to listen indulgently to an invitation to lay out fifty thousand pounds on another public park.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adverb] > with selfishness > with self-indulgence
indulgently?1571
self-indulgently1846
?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Hiij Indulgently following the wantonnes of hyr wealth.
1647 H. Hammond Of Power of Keyes iv. 112 To live indulgently in sin.
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxix. 7 Paraphr.) 596 As long as I live in any sin indulgently.
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