charitably, adv.
(ˈtʃærɪtəblɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a charitable or kindly manner; with charity.
| c 1400 Wycliffite Tract in Wyclif's Bible Pref. 14 note, Men..that ȝyuen charitably the greet almes of Goddis word, declaryng it ryȝtly to cristene puple. 1494 Fabyan v. cxxxii. 116 He exortyd his .ii. sones charitably to loue. 1526 Tindale Rom. xiv. 15 If thy brother be grieued with thy meate: now walkest thou not charitablye. 1563 Abp. Parker Articles, And releaue the poore charitably. 1598 Barret Theor. Warres ii. i. 28 Let him first charitablie reprehend them. 1691 Hartcliffe Virtues 213 We then learn to think soberly, and to judg charitably. 1710 Steele Tatler No. 195 ¶2, I was always charitably inclined to believe the Fault lay in myself. 1766 Goldsm. Vic. W. xxiii, A supply of provisions charitably sent us by my kind parishioners. 1880 M. Collins Th. in Garden II. 270 Illogical people..I charitably hope that my amiable critic is not one of them. |