patiently

1. 1.

   with patience; in a patient manner

   “he patiently played with the child”

   Antonymsimpatiently

Questions about patiently

What does patiently mean?

patiently means "with patience; in a patient manner".

How many syllables are in patiently?

patiently has 3 syllables: pa-tient-ly. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /ˈpeɪʃəntli/.

What is the opposite of patiently?

The recorded antonyms are impatiently.

Is patiently a common word?

patiently is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with patiently?

1 word rhymes with patiently. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.