PATIENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does patiently mean? 

• PATIENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb PATIENTLY has 1 sense:

1. with patience; in a patient manner

  Familiarity information: PATIENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATIENTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With patience; in a patient manner

Context example:

he patiently played with the child

Antonym:

impatiently (with impatience; in an impatient manner)

Pertainym:

patient (enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance)

 Context examples 

For a long time, though studying and working patiently, I had accustomed myself to robust exercise.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Jane very patiently assured her that she had not caught any cold.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Maud was waiting patiently for me, and I took notice, with a thrill of joy, of the queenly poise of her head and her glorious, calm eyes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He could see nothing near at hand, but he waited patiently.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

By nine o’clock we were all seated in the study, waiting patiently for our man.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, as you've heard me very patiently, saying things that I could not prove, hear me a few words more.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

There was the Scarecrow, still standing patiently in his corner, waiting for her.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"Anything more?" asked Laurie, finding it hard to listen patiently to this prophetic burst.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Helen heard me patiently to the end: I expected she would then make a remark, but she said nothing.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)