forgive
verb (used with object)
to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
forgivably
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a word derived from
forgive.
Example Sentences
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So chaotic are the circumstances that Beilein on Sunday referred forgivably to a game that did not occur.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2018
Having recently hit 221.2 on the scale, I’m no longer forgivably chubby or husky, zaftig or big-boned.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2015
Beckert, perhaps forgivably, spends little time exploring how this happened—there’s only so much you can devote to that past 40 years, when this new trend emerged, in a book that covers half a millennium.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2014
In terms of goals it came from Hourihane, who followed a slick one-two with a drag-back on to his left foot and a curling shot that left Graham Stack more forgivably statuesque.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2013
And the American imagination, always receptive of the romantic, might readily and forgivably have pictured villas, maids in durance vile, and sword-thrusts under the moonlight.
From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher
