Dictionary

patiently en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpeɪʃəntli/

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.

Meanings

1. In a patient manner.
   • 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. 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
   • "I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it." 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

impatiently

Translations (20)

nl geduldig (in a patient manner) · fi kärsivällisesti (in a patient manner) · el υπομονετικά (in a patient manner) · eo pacience (in a patient manner) · ru терпели́во (in a patient manner) · it pazientemente (in a patient manner) · de geduldig (in a patient manner) · hu türelmesen (in a patient manner) · nrf pâciemment (in a patient manner) · sh str̀pljivo (in a patient manner) · et kannatlikult (in a patient manner) · gl pacientemente (in a patient manner) · uk терпля́че (in a patient manner) · ca pacientment (in a patient manner) · pt pacientemente (in a patient manner) · fr patiemment (in a patient manner) · pl cierpliwie (in a patient manner) · cs trpělivě (in a patient manner) · sh стр̀пљиво (in a patient manner) · es pacientemente (in a patient manner)