All 4 Uses of
indulgent
in
Bartleby, the Scrivener: a Story of Wall Street
- Though concerning the self-indulgent habits of Turkey I had my own private surmises, yet touching Nippers I was well persuaded that whatever might by his faults in other respects, he was, at least, a temperate young man.†
- If I turn him away, the chances are he will fall in with some less indulgent employer, and then he will be rudely treated, and perhaps driven forth miserably to starve.
*indulgent = having a tendency to treat with extra kindness or tolerance
- Not only did there seem to lurk in it a certain calm disdain, but his perverseness seemed ungrateful, considering the undeniable good usage and indulgence he had received from me.†
- I narrated all I knew, and closed by suggesting the idea of letting him remain in as indulgent confinement as possible till something less harsh might be done—though indeed I hardly knew what.†
Definition:
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(indulgent) to treat with extra kindness or tolerance