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charitably

charitably adverb: in a charitable manner.

Adverb

charitably (comparative more charitably, superlative most charitably)

  1. In a charitable manner.
    • Both of those albums contained lots of what's charitably called filler--in the form of noodly hip-hop-inspired loops that never went anywhere--and it took the band five years to release the new Handcream for a Generation (Wiija/Beggars Banquet).2002 May 17, Peter Margasak, “Cornershop”, in Chicago Reader
    • ... pairtly married, but specially of this bearer, and requests you maist affectiously to receive him and use him charitably, as ye are bound, both be the law of nature and grace, as also, to contribute your helping hand and assistance, […]1870, William Baird, ... Genealogical Collections Concerning the Sir-name of Baird: And the Families of Auchmedden, Newbyth, and Sauchton Hall in Particular. With Copies of Old Letters and Papers...

charitably meaning in Tamil

charitably in Tamil

அன்போடு, அறச்சிந்தனையோடு, பெரிய மனத்துடன் விட்டுக்கொடுத்து

Examples of charitably in a sentence

  • Three or four men noticed my condition; and, evidently setting it down to the results of over many pegs, charitably endeavoured to draw me apart from the rest of the loungers.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 15:
  • I took a video and posted it to YouTube, where my fellow YouTubians charitably pointed out I was crazy.2013 December 13, Del Stone Jr., “Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snap out of it!”, in Northwest Florida Daily News:

Forms of charitably

comparativemore charitably
superlativemost charitably

Origin of charitably

From charitable + -ly.

Questions about charitably

What does charitably mean?
Charitably means in a charitable manner.
What is charitably in Tamil?
Charitably in Tamil is அன்போடு, அறச்சிந்தனையோடு, பெரிய மனத்துடன் விட்டுக்கொடுத்து. See Charitably meaning in Tamil.
How do you use charitably in a sentence?
Three or four men noticed my condition; and, evidently setting it down to the results of over many pegs, charitably endeavoured to draw me apart from the rest of the loungers.
What part of speech is charitably?
Charitably is an adverb.

Words near charitably in the dictionary

  1. charitable organizations
  2. charitable trust
  3. charitable trusts
  4. charitableness
  5. charitablenesses
  6. charitably
  7. charitarian
  8. charitarians
  9. Charites
  10. charitie
  11. charities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: charitably (page history and authors); charitably (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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