PATIENTLY
patiently
(adverb) with patience; in a patient manner; “he patiently played with the child”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
patiently (comparative more patiently, superlative most patiently)
In a patient manner.
Antonyms
• impatiently
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"tient*ly, adv.
Definition: In a patient manner. Cowper.
PATIENT
Pa"tient, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p.pr. of pati to
suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]
1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.
Patient of severest toil and hardship. Bp. Fell.
2. Undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or
fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-
suffering.
3. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as,
patient endeavor.
Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. Sir I. Newton.
4. Expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not
overeager; composed.
Not patient to expect the turns of fate. Prior.
5. Forbearing; long-suffering.
Be patient toward all men. 1 Thess. v. 14.
Pa"tient, n.
1. ONe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive
recipient.
Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that often involves
the agent and the patient. Gov. of Tongue.
2. A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to
physician or nurse.
Like a physician, . . . seeing his patient in a pestilent fever. Sir
P. Sidney.
In patient, a patient who receives lodging and food, as treatment, in
a hospital or an infirmary.
– Out patient, one who receives advice and medicine, or treatment,
from an infirmary.
Pa"tient, v. t.
Definition: To compose, to calm. [Obs.] "Patient yourself, madam." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition