patiently

pa·tient  (pshnt)

adj.

1. Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.

2. Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.

3. Tolerant; understanding: an unfailingly patient leader and guide.

4. Persevering; constant: With patient industry, she revived the failing business and made it thrive.

5. Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive.

6. Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance: "My uncle Toby was a man patient of injuries" Laurence Sterne.

n.

1. One who receives medical attention, care, or treatment.

2. Linguistics A noun or noun phrase identifying one that is acted upon or undergoes an action. Also called goal.

3. Archaic One who suffers.

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[Middle English pacient, from Old French, from Latin patins, patient-, present participle of pat, to endure; see p(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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patient·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

patiently - with patience; in a patient manner; "he patiently played with the child" impatiently - with impatience; in an impatient manner; "he answered her impatiently"

Translations

patiently [ˈpeɪʃəntlɪ] adv → pacientemente, con paciencia

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patiently [ˈpeɪʃntlɪ] adv → patiemment

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patiently [ˈpeɪʃntlɪ] patient adv → geduldig

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patiently [ˈpeɪʃntlɪ] adv → pazientemente