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Definition of Patiently
1. Adverb. With patience; in a patient manner. "He patiently played with the child"
Definition of Patiently
1. adv. In a patient manner.
Definition of Patiently
1. Adverb. Doing something in a patient manner. ¹
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Definition of Patiently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patiently
Literary usage of Patiently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Of the imitation of Christ, four books, by Thomas a Kempis by Thomas (1871)
"I suffered great want of things temporal ; I often heard many murmurings against
me; I endured patiently disgraces and re- ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1884)
"Manfully, manfully, let us press on, Filling up time with duties well done,
patiently, trustingly, without a fear, Joyfully, joyfully, while we stay here. ..."
3. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"God's pleasure and the King's he done," replied the knight patiently. " I neither
contest the justice of the sentence, nor desire delay of the execution. ..."
4. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"I patiently endured his disdain, his brutality, and ill treatment, as long as,
perceiving them accompanied by ill-humour, I thought they had in them no ..."