In a permissively lenient manner.
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Examples for "leniently"
Examples for "leniently"
1The sentence of imprisonment was at first interpreted leniently by the Pope.
2The old living-room of the cabin had been more leniently dealt with.
3Never did rebellion collapse more ignominiously; never were rebels treated so leniently.
4God will deal more leniently with him than I should have done.
5Hermon might assure her that he, the commander, meant to deal leniently.
1The others make an unfavourable impression because they are so laxly executed.
2And then his head drooped, his hands fell laxly at his sides.
3Others accuse some universities of applying too laxly the headscarf ban.
4This building was not as laxly protected as it might seem.
5Karst came last, bent low under the heavy pack, his arms hanging laxly.
6It left interest rates too low for too long, and laxly regulated the megabanks.
7With a deafening roar she swept in, the engineer jogging laxly on his cushions.
8I was pleased, however, to see that I was so lightly and laxly guarded.
9They think so... so"-Johannahesitated for a word-"solaxly on earnest subjects.
10Nadine's hand continued to hang laxly in the air.
11The small attenuated leaves are alternate and laxly arranged on the flower stems, which are 6in.
12The word properly applies to Muhammadans only, but is often laxly used to include Hindoo ascetics.
13Curfew, which had been laxly enforced, would be strictly monitored, and those who disobeyed would be punished.
14Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald gaped, his mouth dropped open and his gun held laxly in a practically nerveless hand.
15On Mary's coronation-day, the doors of the dungeon were so laxly guarded, that it was easy to escape.
16He said, 'I may, perhaps, have said this; for nobody, at times, talks more laxly than I do.'