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forbearingly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /fɔːbɛːɹɪŋli/ (UK)

Etymology

From forbearing + -ly.

Meanings

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:
   • 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:

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