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leniently

leniently adverb: in a lenient manner.

Adverb

leniently (comparative more leniently, superlative most leniently)

  1. In a lenient manner.
    • 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.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...

leniently meaning in Bengali

leniently in Bengali

নমনীয়, কোমল ভাবে

Forms of leniently

comparativemore leniently
superlativemost leniently

Origin of leniently

From lenient + -ly.

Words formed from leniently

Questions about leniently

What does leniently mean?
Leniently means in a lenient manner.
What is leniently in Bengali?
Leniently in Bengali is নমনীয়, কোমল ভাবে. See Leniently meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is leniently?
Leniently is an adverb.

Words near leniently in the dictionary

  1. lenience
  2. leniences
  3. leniencies
  4. leniency
  5. lenient
  6. leniently
  7. lenientness
  8. lenients
  9. Lenienza
  10. lenified
  11. lenifies

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