charitably

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"Judge every man charitably, and use your best efforts to find a kindly explanation of conduct, however suspicious ....

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  1. In a charitable manner; liberally; beneficently. How can they charitably dispose of anything, when blood is their argument? Shak., Hen. V., iv. 1.
  2. Indulgently; considerately; kindly; with leniency in judgment: as, to be charitably disposed toward all men. ‘Tis best sometimes your censure to restrain, And charitably let the dull be vain. Pope, Essay on Criticism, l. 597.

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  • The people buried here had given her life--charitably, however mistakenly. —  Asimov's SF, July 2006
  • Especially since the basis for a rapid withdrawal was always, charitably, a bad idea based on a complete misunderstanding of the situation. —  Jules Crittenden
  • Less charitably, alternator whine from a ground loop could signal sloppy engineering-something that could be fixed very easily by a small change to the accessory-or worse yet, that the manufacturer is deliberately creating a sound problem that its own parts are required to solve. —  iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond
  • Jeff says charitably -- apparently was violating this rule. —  Gambling911.com RSS News Feed
  • And we need to know much more about, to put it charitably, the characters that have figured prominently for years in Barack Obama's life. —  Latest Articles
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