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forbearingly

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fɔːbɛːɹɪŋli/

adv

Etymology: From forbearing + -ly.

  1. In a forbearing manner.

    He shrugged forbearingly, and stared at a framed photograph of Monsieur Cordier on the mantelpiece.

    The important point here is not so much that the British treated him forbearingly as that he was always able to command publicity, Orwell wrote.