Standard Lemma guide

patiently

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpeɪʃəntli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P EY1 SH AH0 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a patient manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

with patience; in a patient manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he patiently played with the child

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: impatiently

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English patient Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English patiently From patient + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: pacientment — in a patient manner
  • Czech: trpělivě — in a patient manner
  • Dutch: geduldig — in a patient manner
  • Esperanto: pacience — in a patient manner
  • Estonian: kannatlikult — in a patient manner
  • Finnish: kärsivällisesti — in a patient manner
  • French: patiemment — in a patient manner
  • Galician: pacientemente — in a patient manner
  • German: geduldig — in a patient manner
  • Greek: υπομονετικά (ypomonetiká) — in a patient manner
  • Hungarian: türelmesen — in a patient manner
  • Italian: pazientemente — in a patient manner
  • Norman: pâciemment — in a patient manner
  • Polish: cierpliwie — in a patient manner
  • Portuguese: pacientemente — in a patient manner
  • Russian: терпели́во (terpelívo) — in a patient manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: стр̀пљиво — in a patient manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: str̀pljivo — in a patient manner
  • Spanish: pacientemente — in a patient manner
  • Ukrainian: терпля́че (terpljáče) — in a patient manner