lenient
adjective
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent.
leniently
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a word derived from
lenient.
Example Sentences
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The son of a well-to-do Hartford, Conn., jeweler, Church was leniently permitted by his father to pursue his artistic vocation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Will the judges in London refuse to release him to U.S. authorities, leery of this 100-plus-year-old law and the possibility that a judge today might act less leniently than Ellis?
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2024
If a line prosecutor proposes to charge a crime either far more harshly or far more leniently than in previous cases, she had better have a compelling reason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
For example, when the city of Isfahan, in Persia, surrendered peacefully, he treated the residents leniently.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
An offender may be sometimes won over and completely changed for the better by feeling that he has been treated more kindly and leniently than he deserves.
From Pastor Pastorum by Rev. Henry Latham
