leniently
part of speech
adverb (leniently)
meaning for a pupil
Leniently means in a gentle, less strict way, giving a smaller punishment than expected. tree →
sense in the lessons
School rules, law and stories: «treated leniently», «marked leniently». It tells the reader that someone in charge was kind or soft.
examples
- The teacher treated the late pupils leniently. tree →
- The judge dealt leniently with the young driver. tree →
- The test was marked leniently. tree →
- Dad acted leniently because it was my birthday. tree →
- Rules about lunch were applied leniently on sports day. tree →
- He was punished leniently for his first mistake. tree →
note
Adjective: lenient. Noun: leniency. Opposite: strictly, harshly. Say «LEE-nee-ent-lee».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «leniently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.