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Meanings of longanimous in English

Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment.

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        1
        But the human witnesses to the scene were less forbearing;-beingonly humans.
        Further Adventures of Lad
        2
        But all through the evening he was affable and complaisant and forbearing.
        The Fatal Glove
        3
        I smiled, a slow, superior smile, and spoke in a forbearing voice:-
        The Lady of the Basement Flat
        4
        Be patient and forbearing and treat them with great love and kindness.
        Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
        5
        Christ is holy, meek, and forbearing; antichrist is wicked, outrageous, and exacting.
        The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
        Usage of longanimous in English
        1
        Sri Yukteswar's glance was longanimous.
        Autobiography of a Yogi
        Longanimous through the time