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Meanings of lenient in English
Synonyms
Examples for "soft"
Examples for "soft"
1
The ground is currently described as good, good to soft in places.
2
Police have so far taken a relatively soft approach to the unrest.
3
The wind blows soft; the sky is blue; the sun shines bright
4
We made easy mistakes, which ultimately gave Ireland soft scores, said McGeechan.
5
Come morning light with soft-lit powers to awaken love that's ever sure.
1
His action had been unphilosophical, self-indulgent and inartistic: in other words, wrong.
2
Dart looked on, indulgent, pleased to sense the presence of trouble ahead.
3
There the air was salubrious and mild; the people indulgent and long-suffering.
4
You see what happens to a good man in the self-indulgent West?
5
The woman who has a lover becomes very indulgent in judging others.
Usage of lenient in English
1
The army vehemently denies that is lenient with soldiers who abuse civilians.
2
Richer nations such as Ireland and Portugal were offered more lenient terms.
3
I suggest that the sentence, far from meriting reduction, was too lenient.
4
Warren and Cummings have said they believe the settlement was too lenient.
5
The Director of Public Prosecutions had argued the penalty was too lenient.
6
The inferior clergy were by no means so lenient as the Bishop.
7
But we must be lenient with him; his shyness is to blame.
8
The sentence was later overturned by Montana justices for being unlawfully lenient.
9
The terms which he had granted to the Emperor were lenient enough.
10
The stranger is forced to the conclusion that magistrates are absurdly lenient.
11
But this did not make Seabrooke any more lenient in his judgment.
12
His own people, on the other hand, were lenient in their judgment.
13
I am quite culpably lenient towards the whole tribe of human failings.
14
But under the circumstances I am inclined to be lenient with you.
15
The Parisian jury showed themselves more lenient than their colleagues at Versailles.
16
Only the landlord knew this, and he was disposed to be lenient.
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Lenient through the time
Lenient across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common