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CLEMENTLY

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clem⋅ent

[klem-uhnt]
–adjective
1. mild or merciful in disposition or character; lenient; compassionate: A clement judge reduced his sentence.
2. (of the weather) mild or temperate; pleasant.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME (< OF) < L clēment-, s. of clēmēns gentle, merciful


clem⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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clem·ent   (klěm'ənt)   
adj.  
  1. Inclined to be lenient or merciful.

  2. Mild: clement weather.


[Middle English, from Latin clēmēns, clēment-.]
clem'ent·ly adv.
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