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waiting | patiently |

As a verb waiting

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun waiting

is watching.

As an adverb patiently is

in a patient manner.

waiting

English

(wikipedia waiting)

Verb

(head)
  • * 1874 , (John Fiske), Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy , I. 122.
    • In all ages, men have fought over words, without waiting to know what the words really signified.
  • *, chapter=19
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.}}

    Derived terms

    * waiting game * waiting room

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Watching.
  • The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
  • * 1876 , , The New Day, A Poem in Songs and Sonnets
    • There was an awful waiting in the earth, / As if a mystery greatened to its birth.
  • Attendance, service.
  • *
    • Green glasses for hock, and excellent waiting at table.

    Derived terms

    * in waiting

    References

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    patiently

    English

    Alternative forms

    * paciently (archaic)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a patient manner.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}