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leniently

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Etymology

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From lenient +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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.