单词 | patiently |
释义 | patientlyadv. In a patient manner; with tolerance or forbearance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adverb] wilfullya1100 thildilichec1175 tholemodely?c1225 patientlyc1384 unmurmuringly1781 uncomplainingly1861 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvi. 3 For which thing, I beseche, heere me paciently. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 62 (MED) He loketh..vppon his dere moder and othere..paciently and mekely abidynge what thei wolden doo with him. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 24 I can not bettre it I shal take it paciently. a1500 St. Brendan's Confession (Lamb.) 433 in Geibun-Kenkyu (1968) 25 22 (MED) I haue not suffrid mekeli, pacientli, and charitably after þe ensaumple and teching of þee. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Matt. in Paraphr. New Test. (1551) 74 The other besought his lord.., saying; deale paciently with me. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. v. 117 Patiently and constantly thou hast stucke to the bare Fortune of that Begger Posthumus. View more context for this quotation 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xlii. 580 He patiently endured the hardships of a savage life. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §7. 149 He listens patiently to the advice of his friends. 1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room ix. 176 For the most part the students wait their turn very patiently. 1987 P. Roth Counterlife i. 9 Patiently he explained that they did not like to operate on people who were asymptomatic. Compounds Forming adjectives, as patiently-wrought, etc. ΚΠ 1892 W. Pater Wks. (1901) VIII. 209 Wave upon wave, of patiently-wrought stone. 1900 Daily News 21 May 3/3 The steps of the patiently-pursued policy. 1998 Independent (Nexis) 25 Aug. (Sport section) 19 His patiently-constructed 73, spanning all bar the last two of Lancashire's 40 overs. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Nov. 70/1 Destroying the patiently-built ‘protection space’ existing in Egypt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.c1384 |
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