adverb
clēmenter
clēmenter (comparative clēmentius, superlative clēmentissimē)
Meaning
- mercifully
- leniently
- gently
- compliantly
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
molliter, cum mānsuētūdineclēmenter — in Epistulae, ch. 11
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
clēmenter adv. with comp.
clemens, quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: si quid est factum clementer: hominem accepit.—By degrees, gradually: iuga clementius adire, Ta.: editum iugum, Ta. —With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence: ius dicere, Cs.: ductis militibus, i. e. without plundering, L.