patiently

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Etymology[edit]

patient +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɪʃəntli/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tient‧ly

Adverb[edit]

patiently (comparative more patiently, superlative most patiently)

  1. In a patient manner.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      "I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it."
    • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
      Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.

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