forbear
verb (used with object)
to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
forbearingly
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a word derived from
forbear.
Example Sentences
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Don Miguel de Castro, a black envoy from the African kingdom of Kongo to the Dutch court, looks forbearingly out at us from under his absurd Rembrandtesque hat.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2018
That fall and winter, Long forbearingly shepherded me through rewrites of the papers he assigned, and incrementally I started to get the hang of it.
From The New Yorker ● May 19, 2015
The third story, We're Friends Again, is elegiac; Malloy is moved by the death of a meddlesome woman to reflect forbearingly on his own life and that of his acquaintances.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alcide de Gasperi disdains the theatrical and the violent, speaks softly, listens forbearingly, sits out crises patiently, and acts unhurriedly with an extraordinary instinct for timing.
From Time Magazine Archive
We walk through Highbury, we are patronized by Mrs. Elton, listen forbearingly to the indefatigable Miss Bates, and take an early walk to the post-office with Jane Fairfax.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
