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Charitably

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char·i·ta·ble  (chr-t-bl)
adj.
1. Generous in giving money or other help to the needy.
2. Mild or tolerant in judging others; lenient.
3. Of, for, or concerned with charity: a charitable organization. See Synonyms at benevolent.
chari·ta·ble·ness n.
chari·ta·bly adv.
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Adv.1.charitably - in a charitable manner; "she treated him charitably"


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In very many published narratives no little degree of attention is bestowed upon dates; but as the author lost all knowledge of the days of the week, during the occurrence of the scenes herein related, he hopes that the reader will charitably pass over his shortcomings in this particular.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
I have come to look very differently and more charitably on what is called infamous since brother Nikolay has become what he is.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent.
Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context
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