Explore Leniently through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Leniently meaning
In a lenient manner.
Synonyms of Leniently
Using Leniently
- The main meaning on this page is: In a lenient manner.
- Useful related words include: laxly.
- In the example corpus, leniently often appears in combinations such as: more leniently, leniently than.
Context around Leniently
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Leniently
- In this selection, "leniently" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, treated, adherents, criminals and towards stand out and add context to how "leniently" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acted more leniently towards the and be treated leniently and count. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "leniently" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with leniently
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The justice system treated criminals leniently. (6 words)
Adenauer acted more leniently towards the trade unions and employers' associations than Erhard. (13 words)
The envoys of Holy Roman Emperor Louis II forced Benedict to handle Anastasius and his adherents leniently. (17 words)
A separate draft legal text, also obtained by the BBC, lists the UK's request for manufacturing of electric cars, batteries, and bicycles to be treated leniently, and count as British, even if the majority of components come from elsewhere. (40 words)
Five people, including two psychiatrists and a lawyer, have been arrested for providing people remanded on drug-related charges with forged documents certifying they are addicts so that they would be treated more leniently in court. (36 words)
Despite all of these obvious problems, an equal percentage of respondents (34%) said that Trump was either being treated more harshly or more leniently than less famous defendants. (28 words)
Example sentences (7)
Despite all of these obvious problems, an equal percentage of respondents (34%) said that Trump was either being treated more harshly or more leniently than less famous defendants.
Trump has been treated far more leniently than ordinary Americans would be were they to pull the crap Trump has.
A separate draft legal text, also obtained by the BBC, lists the UK's request for manufacturing of electric cars, batteries, and bicycles to be treated leniently, and count as British, even if the majority of components come from elsewhere.
Five people, including two psychiatrists and a lawyer, have been arrested for providing people remanded on drug-related charges with forged documents certifying they are addicts so that they would be treated more leniently in court.
Adenauer acted more leniently towards the trade unions and employers' associations than Erhard.
The envoys of Holy Roman Emperor Louis II forced Benedict to handle Anastasius and his adherents leniently.
The justice system treated criminals leniently.
Common combinations with leniently
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: