leniently

leniently

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English lenient
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English leniently

    From lenient + -ly.

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    Adverb

    leniently (comparative more leniently, superlative most leniently)

    1. In a lenient manner.
      • 2010, Seymour Gitin, “Philistines in the Books of Kings”, in André Lemaire, Baruch Halpern, Matthew Joel Adams, editors, The Books of Kings: Sources, Composition, Historiography and Reception, page 317:
        With Assyria in full control of the Levantine littoral, Philistia, which was vital to Assyrian political and commercial aspirations, was treated leniently and was awarded “favored nation” status.

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