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.—
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Radiohead hasn't released a new album in almost 10 years, and fans have been waiting patiently since the May 2016 arrival of A Moon Shaped Pool.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
A week earlier, a few of them had patiently explained to Bobba that the chart contained not the number of people receiving Social Security benefits but, rather, the total number of people without death records.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
The proper thing to do, in my mind, is to patiently wait my turn.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
The young singer-songwriter — key word here being young — waited patiently in the wings of the ranking for weeks, sitting behind tracks by Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Morgan Wallen, and Tate McRae, but his time has finally come as Warren surges to the summit of the Hot 100.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
A week earlier, a few of them had patiently explained to Bobba that the chart contained not the number of people receiving Social Security benefits but, rather, the total number of people without death records.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
The proper thing to do, in my mind, is to patiently wait my turn.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
The young singer-songwriter — key word here being young — waited patiently in the wings of the ranking for weeks, sitting behind tracks by Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Morgan Wallen, and Tate McRae, but his time has finally come as Warren surges to the summit of the Hot 100.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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“Patiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patiently. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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