patiently

adv
/ˈpeɪʃəntli/

Etymology

From patient + -ly.

  1. derived from *peh₁- — “to hate, hurt
  2. derived from patiens
  3. derived from pacient
  4. derived from patient
  5. inherited from pacient
  6. formed as patiently — “patient + -ly

Definitions

  1. In a patient manner.

    • "I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at patiently. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at patiently. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at patiently

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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