Forbearingly

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /fɔːbɛːɹɪŋli/

Origin

From forbearing + -ly.

Full definition of forbearingly

Adverb

1. In a forbearing manner.
• 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 142:He shrugged forbearingly, and stared at a framed photograph of Monsieur Cordier on the mantelpiece.
• 2007, November 4, Richard Bernstein, A Modern Buddhist Uprising Strikes a Quieter Chord, The important point here is not so much that the British treated him forbearingly as that he was always able to command publicity, Orwell wrote.