What does patiently mean?

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pa·tient·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. patientlyadverb

    with patience; in a patient manner

    "he patiently played with the child"

Wiktionary

  1. patientlyadverb

    Doing something in a patient manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Patientlyadverb

    Etymology: from patient.

    Lament not, Eve, but patiently resign
    What justly thou hast lost. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    Ned is in the gout,
    Lies rack’d with pain, and you without,
    How patiently you hear him groan!
    How glad the case is not your own. Jonathan Swift.

    That which they grant, we gladly accept at their hands, and wish that patiently they would examine how little cause they have to deny that which as yet they grant not. Richard Hooker.

    Could men but once be persuaded patiently to attend to the dictates of their own minds, religion would gain more proselytes. Edmund Calamy, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. patiently

    Patiently refers to the manner of behaving, responding, or waiting in a calm and composed way without complaining or getting annoyed, especially when dealing with a difficult or troublesome situation, person, or enduring a delay. It implies the qualities of forbearance, perseverance, tolerance, and tranquillity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Patientlyadverb

    in a patient manner

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of patiently in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of patiently in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of patiently in a Sentence

  1. William Penn:

    A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

  2. Mark Frerichs:

    I've been patiently waiting my release.

  3. Chris Stewart:

    This is just an example of if you keep the faith, even in the darkest times, you will see the light, we are going to patiently wait for the criminal trial in this case and we are going to patiently wait to see if the city, the police department and the chief are going to take responsibility in the civil suit.

  4. John Chen:

    We're patiently building the product pipeline and the sales channel, there is still a lot of work to do, I'd love for everything to move faster, but I caution people to be a bit patient because we can't rebound in a very short period of time, no company can. We are doing all the right things for the long term and the company is definitely out of financial trouble.

  5. Daniel Quinn:

    He confessed to the crime and laughed about it, and said it wasn’t a big deal. Even when we patiently explained how serious the charge was, he kept laughing.

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