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
But we were forgivably curious to see her in the married state and to make the acquaintance of the man whom she had chosen out of so many suitors.
From Jonah and Co. by Dornford Yates
