All 9 Uses
indulgent
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Tender is the Night
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- Dick laughed indulgently at Abe, whom he loved, and in whom he had long lost hope:
Chpt 1.14 *indulgently = with extra kindness or tolerance
- They stood in an uncomfortable little group weighted down by Abe's gigantic presence: he lay athwart them like the wreck of a galleon, dominating with his presence his own weakness and self-indulgence, his narrowness and bitterness.†
Chpt 1.19self-indulgence = being excessively kind to or undemanding of oneself
- He was not given to self-indulgence and he felt comparatively graceless at this moment of indulging himself, blinding his eyes with the hope that Nicole guessed at only an emotional excitement about Rosemary.†
Chpt 1.22
- It's a kind of self-indulgence saying that to you.†
Chpt 2.11
- In an idle, almost indulgent way, he kissed her.†
Chpt 2.15
- Time with Rosemary was self-indulgence—time with Collis was nothing plus nothing.†
Chpt 2.21self-indulgence = being excessively kind to or undemanding of oneself
- Nevertheless, having taken such a stand, Nicole felt it should not be cheaply compromised for a momentary self-indulgence.†
Chpt 3.5
- She realized, thinking with Dick's thoughts, that from a superficial view it was a vulgar business to enter, without emotion, into an indulgence that menaced all of them.†
Chpt 3.8indulgence = treatment with extra kindness or tolerance OR (more rarely) a special pleasure (typically something done in excess of what is thought good -- such as eating too much cake, or being too lazy)
- Again she refused a drink and said: "Self-indulgence is back of it.†
Chpt 3.12self-indulgence = being excessively kind to or undemanding of oneself
Definitions:
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(indulgent) to treat with extra kindness or tolerance
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In the form, indulgence, the word can also refer to a special pleasure--typically something done in excess of what is thought good--such as eating too much cake, or being too lazy