patiently

adverb

pa·​tient·​ly ˈpā-shənt-lē 

: in a patient manner : with calmness or without complaint or hurry in spite of delays, difficulties, tedium, etc.

The bank customers waited patiently for the next teller.

She very patiently answered all our questions.

It wasn't until I was in my late teens, when my brother Caleb patiently taught me to play racquetball, that I realized I was coordinated enough to participate in athletic endeavors.

—Rhoda Janzen

Examples of patiently in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While the likes of Ossola wait patiently for their cases to be resolved, others are carefully monitoring the situation. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Max Martin, Grande sings of blowing through breakups and make-ups and enduring mounting exhaustion with mass notoriety while the music swirls patiently and frequently angrily underneath. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026

Ironically, in what several key movie-making legends have decried and lamented as a self-destructive move, Hollywood has been training the audience not to head out to theaters, but instead to wait patiently at home. — Adam Aron, Variety, 29 July 2026

The thought of retirement has hovered around Rodgers for quite some time now, including this offseason, when the Steelers, and the rest of the NFL, for that matter, waited patiently to see if this was indeed the end of his career. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for patiently

• impatiently