All 3 Uses of
indulgent
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Some smiled indulgently and called it an artistic eccentricity, others looked upon it as a wise provision, in view of the many events which were crowding thick and fast in Paris just then, but to all, the real motive of that climax remained a puzzle and a mystery.†
Chpt 6indulgently = with extra kindness or tolerance
- There were plenty of young ladies in England, of high birth and good looks, who would have been quite willing to help him to spend the Blakeney fortune, whilst smiling indulgently at his inanities and his good-humoured foolishness.†
Chpt 6 *
- The moral crisis she had just gone through made her feel indulgent towards the faults, the delinquencies, of others.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
to treat with extra kindness or tolerance