tolerantly
tolerantly — adverb
1. By reacting calmly and without objection when other people follow customs, hold
By reacting calmly and without objection when other people follow customs, hold beliefs, or live in ways that differ from your own.
Tamar listened tolerantly to her brother's plan for a recording studio in the garage.
adverb of manner modifying 'listened'
The maths teacher nodded tolerantly when the girl gave a wrong answer and tried again.
Esme's grandmother smiled tolerantly at the children's noisy dance game, remembering her own childhood summers.
The village council tolerantly accepted the new family's different traditions at the autumn festival.
- patiently
focuses on staying calm without getting upset, while 'tolerantly' emphasises accepting difference
- leniently
suggests being less strict, often in a position of authority; stronger than 'tolerantly'
- open-mindedly
implies active willingness to consider new ideas, not just passive acceptance
- permissively
suggests allowing almost anything, often more permissive than 'tolerantly' implies
- intolerantly
direct opposite — refusing to accept different behaviour or beliefs
- disapprovingly
implies negative judgement rather than neutral acceptance
文法句型
tolerantly + verb (tolerantly accepted)
verb + tolerantly (listened tolerantly)
用法筆記
Commonly pairs with verbs of reaction — listen, nod, smile, accept, watch, or treat. The adverb often appears either immediately before or after the verb it modifies.