leniently

/lˈiːnɪəntli/

/ˈɫinjəntɫi/

[adverb]

leniently

[ADVERB]

in a manner that is less strict when punishing someone or when enforcing a law

synonyms : laxly

Examples

1. These are often graded much more leniently because they're spontaneous and you have time pressure.

2. Under Attorney General Eric Holder, the Justice Department faced repeated criticism from Congress and consumer advocates, that it treated corporate executives leniently, after the 2008 financial crisis no top Wall Street Executives went to prison and it continues and continues.

3. And so if you think that they were treated any more leniently than men, you'd be wrong, absolutely the reverse.