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# patiently

«patiently» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a calm way, waiting or working without getting cross…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Patiently means in a calm way, waiting or working without getting cross, bored or upset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patiently/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In school and everyday life, waiting patiently in line or working patiently on a hard problem is good behaviour; in stories a character waits patiently for something to happen. Phrases: «wait patiently», «listen patiently», «explain patiently».

### examples

- We waited patiently for our turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patiently/#x1)
- The teacher patiently explained the sum again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patiently/#x2)
- The cat sat patiently by the mouse hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patiently/#x3)
- Please wait patiently in line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patiently/#x4)
- She patiently untangled the necklace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patiently/#x5)
- He listened patiently to his little brother's story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patiently/#x6)
- The fisherman waited patiently for a bite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patiently/#x7)
- The hare, meanwhile, waited patiently on the shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patiently/#x8)

### note

Adverb from «patient» + -ly. Noun: patience. Opposite: impatiently. Trap: «patient» is also a noun meaning a person a doctor looks after — different meaning, same word.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat let him sleep, and «lay patiently waiting, with a pistol in his paw».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/32/)
- [When an older relative does not understand a phone or game, show them slowly and patiently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/13/)
- [When a classmate stammers, wait patiently and do not finish their words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/227-older-people-and-disabilities/17/)
- [Some old people forget they have told a story before; listening patiently is a kindness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old/15/)
- [I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.655/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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