forbearingly

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UK/fɔːbɛːɹɪŋli/

adverb

In a forbearing manner.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adverbforbearingly (comparative more forbearingly, superlative most forbearingly)

comparative more forbearingly · superlative most forbearingly

  1. In a forbearing manner.

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

    2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 142
    1 more example

    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.

    2007 November 4, Richard Bernstein, “A Modern Buddhist Uprising Strikes a Quieter Chord”, in New York Times

Origin

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APA

forbearingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forbearingly

MLA

“forbearingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forbearingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forbearingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forbearingly.

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