Link Centre Dictionary

leniently

le·niently

US/ˈlinjʌntli/ uncommon

adverb

1.

in a permissively lenient manner

  • “he felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crime”
Synonyms

Origin

From lenient + -ly.

Related words

Pertaining to

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.