charitablyadverb
uk/ˈtʃær.ə.tə.bli/us/ˈtʃer.ə.t̬ə.bli/in a kind way, not judging other people in a severe way:
She described him, rather charitably, as quiet whereas I would have said he was boring.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lenient & merciful
- charitable
- charity
- clemency
- ease
- ease up/off
- easy
- go easy idiom
- have a heart! idiom
- heart
- lenient
- magnanimous
- merciful
- mercy
- quarter