excuse
verb (used with object)
to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.).
excusingly
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a word derived from
excuse.
Example Sentences
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He shows himself—not at his best, but humanly enough—in the affair with the ill-fated Lorença, on which the Leyva family might have looked less excusingly if the culprit had been anybody but Gil.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
“But I couldn’t—I couldn’t!” she said to herself excusingly.
From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
“We’ve never been separated yet, miss,” Asa Scruggs said to Ruth, excusingly.
From The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to by Grace Brooks Hill
“She is but young,” said Mrs Tremayne, excusingly.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
Whatever she may have said or done," he explained excusingly, "she did in utter ignorance, of course, of any ill result being likely to follow, and she cannot be blamed entirely for the disaster.
From Kitty Trenire by Mabel Quiller-Couch
