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# leniently

«leniently» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a gentle, less strict way, giving a smaller punishment…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (leniently)

### meaning for a pupil

Leniently means in a gentle, less strict way, giving a smaller punishment than expected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leniently/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

School rules, law and stories: «treated leniently», «marked leniently». It tells the reader that someone in charge was kind or soft.

### examples

- The teacher treated the late pupils leniently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leniently/#x1)
- The judge dealt leniently with the young driver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leniently/#x2)
- The test was marked leniently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leniently/#x3)
- Dad acted leniently because it was my birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leniently/#x4)
- Rules about lunch were applied leniently on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leniently/#x5)
- He was punished leniently for his first mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leniently/#x6)

### note

Adjective: lenient. Noun: leniency. Opposite: strictly, harshly. Say «LEE-nee-ent-lee».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «leniently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leniently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.