charitably
/tʃˈɛɹɪtəbli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a charitable manner.
Example Sentences
- "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)."
- "... 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, […]"
- "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."
- "I took a video and posted it to YouTube, where my fellow YouTubians charitably pointed out I was crazy."
Etymology
Etymology tree English charitable Middle English -ly English -ly English charitably From charitable + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more charitably (comparative)
most charitably (superlative)